"There’s something about being in nature and being alongside something that feels so much bigger than you that makes you turn inward." Out now: @celldeathvic.bsky.social's interview with @mbwwelch.bsky.social on "On an Inland Sea” (@beltpublishing.bsky.social). chireviewofbooks.com/2026/03/10/g...

@mbwwelch.bsky.social on the closing of Chicago’s Volumes Bookcafe and what we lose when we lose independent bookstores.

We’re excited to offer an exclusive cover reveal of Chicago Review of Books Daily Editor @celldeathvic.bsky.social's forthcoming debut novel, The Book of the Jaguar (Fairwood Press, August 18, 2026)! Check it out below 😍 and join us in congratulating Victor! chireviewofbooks.com/2026/02/19/e...

so grateful to @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for their article revealing the cover of THE BOOK OF THE JAGUAR, my novel forthcoming from fairwood press (@patrickswenson.bsky.social)! preorder links in the article & in my bio 🙏🏼 chireviewofbooks.com/2026/02/19/e...

Excited about the debut novel from @celldeathvic.bsky.social, coming next year from Fairwood Press! The notice from Publishers Marketplace tells you all you need to know about this fabulous work!

It's all about the words and the words in the first 49 issues of LCRW came from the writers whose name are on the cover of the 50th issue: smallbeerpress.com/lcrw/2025/05...

Infinite thanks to @meganstielstra.bsky.social for believing in this story. I have so much love, admiration, and respect for Megan, @nupress.bsky.social, @marisaemily.bsky.social, and the rest of the NUP team, this is a literal dream come true.✨