My 2nd collab poetry collection BOOK LAUNCH is tonight at 7 pm @roscoebooks.bsky.social. Please come help me celebrate w/ special guest poets @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social @ninasudhakar.bsky.social & Carlos Cumpián! TY @oneldammit.bsky.social of Roadside Press, my fellow poets, friends, & loved ones ❤️

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO was fun last night 5/24 at 7 pm at @roscoebooks.bsky.social, w/ a full house. TY to all who came out to support the store & these 5 talents: @frugalpoet.bsky.social (Cynthia Gallaher), Mary Kay Zuravleff, @rachellayown.bsky.social, Melanie Faranello & @jrblanes.bsky.social ❤️👏🌈

So excited I'll be teaching at the Interlochen Writers Retreat in Michigan, May 31–June 05. JOIN ME! Thanks to writers & friends already registered. Can't wait to see you ❤️👏🔥 Register here: www.interlochen.org/college-crea...

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO's reading event happens tonight, May 24 at 7 pm at magical @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ these fab five authors: @frugalpoet.bsky.social, Mary Kay Zuravleff, @rachellayown.bsky.social, Melanie Faranello & @jrblanes.bsky.social – Pls share, TY, & see you there!🔥👏❤️

OMG! It's May 1st, Day of the Flower Moon and my 2nd collab poetry collection is officially out in the world today. BOOK LAUNCH happens @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Chicago on Friday 5/29 at 7pm. Please come help me celebrate! TY Roadside Press, my fellow poets, friends, & loved ones ❤️👏🔥

Tonight AT 6 PM on ZOOM! Thrilled to host SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO w/ readers from across the US, featuring Alex Wells Shapiro (Chicago) Adela Najarro (CA) Dorsía Smith Silva (Puerto Rico) Jacinda Townsend (Rhode Island) & Brian L. Jacobs (MI). Register: tinyurl.com/4y9nz95n🔥🥰🌺

From Roadside Press @oneldammit.bsky.social: Release day approaches (May 1st!) for my 2nd poetry collection. All pre-orders are in the mail, yay! Get your copy at magicaljeep.com

WORD-SOUP KITCHEN, my generative writing workshop happens May 31–June 05 in Interlochen, Michigan. COME JOIN ME! Few seats left ❤️👏🔥 Register here: www.interlochen.org/college-crea...

Look at this beautiful list of incredible writers! 😍 "On An Inland Sea" comes out next month!

I'm excited to host SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO on Feb. 22nd on ZOOM at 6 pm CT with featured readers Teresa Scollon, @susanlleary.bsky.social, Tim Moder, Grayson Thompson & Denton Loving. Register for Zoom here: tinyurl.com/c65uwak3 — Website update coming soon! Hope to see you, good world— 👏🌈

read the rest of the review at open.substack.com/pub/dandento... #booksky #review

Preorders are open for "On an Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes," coming your way from @beltpublishing.bsky.social on March 10, 2026! Featuring everything from shipwrecks & ice caves to zebra mussels & manoomin, & 32 writers on why the lakes loom so large. beltpublishing.com/products/on-...

So looking forward to releasing my 2nd collaboration with poet David Allen Sullivan in May on Roadside Press. TY so much Michele McDannold @oneldammit.bsky.social for your support by giving our manuscript a lovely home. Thrilled to be in awesome company! 👏🔥🌈

Love this series and I'm excited to read with these writers and friends!

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens, yes, as the world turns! Hope to see you all on Jan 25, 2026 w/ a fine lineup, featuring @djvorreyer.bsky.social, Jamie Wendt, Naoko Fujimoto, Albert DeGenova & Barry Pearce at the magical @roscoebooks.bsky.social. TY all & hope to see you. Be safe. 🎉🥰 👏

BOOKMAIL, yea! I'm thrilled to bring author Melanie Pappadis Faranello back to Sunday Salon Chicago in May 2026 & can't wait to read her forthcoming collection. CONGRATS Melanie! 👏🔥 Cool blurbs, y'all! Dialing in @saralippmann.bsky.social & @michaelzapata.bsky.social 🥰 www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

"...tell no one, but listen," writes @oneldammit.bsky.social my forthcoming publisher at Roadside Press, who's got an impressive new book of collected poems, edited by Ezhno Martin. Here's a link to get it. >>> ISBN 979899625632 👏🎉🔥 www.magicaljeep.com/product/mcda...

WOW! Sunday Salon Chicago had an amazing reading event last night 11/23/25 @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ stellar readings by Rachel DeWoskin, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Maureen Aitken, Averill Curdy & David Hicks. So thrilled to host them. TY all & Roscoe Books 🌈🙏🏼💕

COME JOIN US! Let's get stuck together w/ inspiring prose & poetry...SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO is tomorrow Nov 23rd @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village at 7 pm, w/ readings by Rachel DeWoskin, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Maureen Aitken, Averill Curdy & David Hicks 👏❤️🔥 Excited to host them!

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO is a week away! Join us @roscoebooks.bsky.social on Nov 23 at 7 pm for inspiring readings with Rachel DeWoskin, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Maureen Aitken, Averill Curdy & David Hicks. I'm excited to host them & look forward to an uplifting evening of prose & poetry. 🙏 🔥👏

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO is a week away! Join us @roscoebooks.bsky.social on Nov 23 at 7 pm for inspiring readings w/ Rachel DeWoskin, Farnaz Fatemi, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Maureen Aitken & David Hicks. I'm excited to host them & look forward to an evening of spirit-uplifting prose & poetry 🙏

Sunday Salon Chicago was so much fun tonight at 6pm w/ inspiring readings from Nancy Miller Gomez, @chotchandani.bsky.social, Esther Okonkwo, Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Donato Loia. TY to my talented guest-readers & all who joined us this evening. sundaysalon-chicago.com 🔥👏🌈

I'm excited to host SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO tonight on ZOOM at 6 pm CT with featured readers Nancy Miller Gomez, @chotchandani.bsky.social, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Donato Loia. Come join us, won't you? Register for Zoom at sundaysalon-chicago.com 👏👏👏 ❤️🍁🌈

Sunday Salon Chicago happens on Zoom in 4 days on 10/26 at 6 pm CT w/ a fine lineup w/ Nancy Miller Gomez, @chotchandani.bsky.social, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Donato Loia. Join us! Register at: tinyurl.com/448u4yw3 OR www.sundaysalon-chicago.com 🔥👏🌈

On October 26, Sunday Salon Chicago is happening on Zoom at 6 pm CT, featuring Perugia’s own @chotchandani.bsky.social and Nancy Miller Gomez, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Donato Loia, hosted & curated by @ignatius2u.bsky.social. Register here: tinyurl.com/448u4yw3

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens in 3 days, WOW! Hope to see you on Sept. 28, 2025 @roscoebooks.bsky.social at 7 pm. Come hear this impressive lineup w/ @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, Michael McColly, Ben Tanzer, Janice Deal & Carlos Cumpian. Join us, Chicago! All authors' bios: sundaysalon-chicago.com 😍🌈🍂

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO's website is now updated with our 9/28/25 readers' bios. They'll be reading @roscoebooks.bsky.social & feature @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, MichaelMcColly, Ben Tanzer, @janicemdeal.bsky.social & Carlos Cumpián. Pls join us. Visit sundaysalon-chicago.com & join our email list. ❤️

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO's next reading happens on Sept. 28 @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ an impressive lineup featuring @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, Michael McColly, Ben Tanzer, Janice Deal & Carlos Cumpian. Hope you'll join us, Chicago! Pls share. Website updates coming soon: sundaysalon-chicago.com ❤️👏🔥

Excited to be a part of PRINTERS ROW LIT FEST's 40th anniversary this year in Chicago! POETRY HOUR on the North Stage, Sunday Sept 07, 2025 at 12 pm. Hope to see you there. TY PRLF!!! #prl2025

TONIGHT 8/31/25 @7pm > Sunday Salon Chicago hosts THE OVERTURNING ANTHOLOGY book launch at Roscoe Village's finest bookstore: @roscoebooks.bsky.social. Doors open at 6:30. Free parking on Roscoe St. Event co-editors & co-hosts: @vabellwriter, @rice_christine & myself. Hope to see you, Chicago! 🌺🌈 💝

THIS SUNDAY! Sunday Salon Chicago launches THE OVERTURNING ANTHOLOGY on 8/31 at 7 pm @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village ❤️🔥🌈 Hope to see you, Chicago!

Sunday Salon Chicago hosts 2 August Pop-Up reading events: one at Evanston's Fountain Square LIT FEST on Sat. 8/23 at 5 pm; as well, a book launch for THE OVERTURNING ANTHOLOGY @roscoebooks.bsky.social on Sun. 8/31 at 7 pm. Hope to see you. Bios are up at www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens in-person @roscoebooks.bsky.social in just 3 days on 7/27 at 7 pm CT, featuring Rita Woods, Cynthia Pelayo, @meganstielstra.bsky.social, Westley Heine, & @wesblake.bsky.social 🔥 sundaysalon-chicago.com for more. Hope to see you, Chicago 👋🌈

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In just under 2 weeks, on July 27 at 7 pm CT, SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens @roscoebooks.bsky.social, featuring Rita Woods, Cynthia Pelayo, @meganstielstra.bsky.social, Westley Heine, & @wesblake.bsky.social 🔥❤️👏 You can read all authors' bios at sundaysalon-chicago.com. Join us! 🥰🌺🌞

1. Visit @bookshop.org and select the local independent bookstore you wish to support ❤️ 2. Buy more books than you will ever have time to read 📚📚📚 3. Feel happy knowing you have helped authors and bookstores instead of billionaires 🙌🏻

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO is pleased to announce its next in-person reading event @roscoebooks.bsky.social on July 27 at 7 pm CT, featuring Rita Woods, Cynthia Pelayo, @meganstielstra.bsky.social, Westley Heine, & @wesblake.bsky.social 🔥❤️👏 Bios are up at www.sundaysalon-chicago.com. Mark your calendars!

SUCCESS!!! Sunday Salon Chicago on Zoom last Sunday evening 6/29/25 was fun with @oneldammit.bsky.social, Alex Poppe, Geneffa Jahan, Dane Cervine, & Hosho McCreesh 😀🤟💗Thank you, all, for your fine readings & a lovely gathering of listeners: fans, fam, & friends in attendance!

Sunday Salon Chicago on Zoom is but a few days away, featuring @oneldammit.bsky.social Michele McDannold, Alex Poppe, Geneffa Jahan, Dane Cervine, & Hosho McCreesh on June 29, 2025 at 6 pm CT 😍👏🌈🌷🌷🌷Register for Zoom at sundaysalon-chicago.com or tiny-url it tinyurl.com/bdep3md4 Join us!

Sunday Salon Chicago is a week away, happening as a Zoom event on June 29, 2025 at 6 pm CT, featuring @oneldammit.bsky.social, Alex Poppe, Geneffa Jahan, Dane Cervine, & Hosho McCreesh. 😍🌈🔥🌏🌺💖 Register for Zoom at www.sundaysalon-chicago.com or tiny-url it here: tinyurl.com/bdep3md4

Sunday Salon Chicago's next reading is a Zoom event on June 29 at 6 pm CT. Hope you'll join us for an evening of prose & poetry, w/ @oneldammit.bsky.social, Alex Poppe, Geneffa Jahan, Dane Cervine, & Hosho McCreesh. Register here: www.sundaysalon-chicago.com 😍🙌🌺

What a night! SundaySalonChicago happened yesterday 5/25 at 7pm CT at @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village, Chgo. A fine night of prose & poetry! I hosted Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

This Thursday 5/29, I'll be reading w/ a fab group of Asian American writers at 7 pm CT for a lovely event in honor of AAPI month. Won't you join us, friends? 🔥❤️🌺 Register at: BIT.LY/APAHMZOOM or scan the QR. Host @janehseu.bsky.social

I'm incredibly honored with my first appearance in the BMF anthology. 🎉Thanks to the team for including my flash in such wonderful company & to @lit-namjooning.bsky.social for publishing & nominating it!

SundaySalonChicago is tonight at 7 pm @roscoebooks.bsky.social! Come join us. Support your author friends & a fine bookstore on the city's north side. I'm happy to feature Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social Deborah Shapiro, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha & Chris Solís Green. 👏😍 🌈

SundaySalonChicago is 4 days away! Join us @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village, Chgo, this Sun. May 25, 7 pm for a fine night of prose & poetry. I'm excited to host Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

May 25! Check out this event including Acre author @thejs3.bsky.social (DEFIANT ACTS)! 🎉📚🖊️

I'm excited to host Sunday Salon Chicago's next in-person reading event @roscoebooks.bsky.social on May 25 at 7 pm CT, w/ Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social Deborah Shapiro, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 Bios are up at www.sundaysalon-chicago.com. Come join us!

Tomorrow night at the @storystudiochicago.bsky.social Story Ball! Come get a hot, fresh haiku while you wait from Ola Faleti, Rachel Robbins, Eric Plattner & yours truly! www.storystudiochicago.org/storyball/

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