Andrew Huff has been a PR professional, a journalist, the editor and publisher of Gapers Block, a professional blogger for a ghost hunter "reality" show, and host of 20x2 Chicago, a show in which 20 interesting people have two minutes...  read

James Gordon is an award winning actor, author, Poet, and champion storyteller. He has written over 20 books across the genres poetry, children's, and mystery and suspense. James is a member and Facilitator of Artistic Cabal called Act Pack Dark....  read

Michelle Young started telling stories and performing as a stand-up comic right before Covid. Post-pandemic, she has performed at various curated storytelling events throughout Chicagoland. Michelle also co-hosts Do Not Submit, a Storytelling Open Mic at Friendly’s in Berwyn, and...  read

Born and raised in Chicago, Carole Hodorowicz has always loved reading and writing. She went to college at Eastern Illinois University, where she studied journalism and English. Please join Carole and our other fantastic readers on Tuesday, January 7, 2025...  read

Kathryn Kruse is the director of Residency on the Farm, an interdisciplinary artists’ residency program. In February her collection of short stories, To Receive My Services You Must Be Dying and Alone, is debuting from Jackleg Press. Her work has...  read

Veronica Arreola is a professional feminist, women’s sports evangelist, and writer, her book, J is for Justice: An Activism Alphabet, hopes to inspire young people to identify needs in their communities and work together to dream creative solutions. You can...  read

Tanner McSwain is a writer and bookseller originally from North Carolina. He has owned Uncharted Books, a used and rare bookstore in Chicago, since 2012. Please join Tanner and our other great readers on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 in the...  read

Sara McHenry is a tall sad person who was born in Indiana and moved to Illinois, just like Abraham Lincoln. She’s also a writer, who you may know from her zine, Hard to Love, or from her (uncredited) contributions to...  read

Nestor Gomez was born in Guatemala and traveled to Chicago undocumented in the mid '80s. He told his first story at a Moth Story Slam to get over the stuttering that plagued his childhood; since then he has won more...  read

Faisal Mohyuddin is the author of Elsewhere: An Elegy (Next Page Press, 2024), The Displaced Children of Displaced Children, (Eyewear, 2018), and the chapbook The Riddle of Longing (Backbone Press, 2017). His recent work appears in Poetry, The Poetry Review...  read