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Emma Morris @curtainlecture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🤩Class proposals for the Winter/Spring Adult Education Program at @newberrylibrary.bsky.social are open!!!🤩 Deadline: October 16. www.newberry.org/learn/adult-...

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Lady Froldmagen (she/her) @zinelib.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

LESLIE FEINBERG PAPERS FINDING AID DROP by @kwooten.bsky.social 📜 📚 ❤️ 🧡 🤍 🩷 💜 archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/fein...

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Michael Zapata @michaelzapata.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As the French say, you have the right to be bored.

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Sophie BoooOoOoOOoOoOooo! @pogform.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s October so watch out for the witches out there youtu.be/Az-sD2zsePg

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Skate Witches

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Chicago Zine Fest tomorrow, Saturday, October 10th from 11 AM - 4 PM, Harold Washington Library on the 9th floor, 400 S. State. I'll be there with 8' of zines for you! Look for the Half Letter Press table (23), right next to the awesome Sojourners for Justice Press. www.chicagozinefest.org

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anne Carson. Yes. Just absolutely, yes.

THE PARIS REVIEW

INTERVIEWER
In the writing world, particularly in and around M.F.A. programs, there's a lot of discussion around things like "character" and "perspective," the mechanics of narrative. Do you think about
"craft" in these terms?

CARSON
Never. I don't think about it. I think people should just quit that stuff. Just think about something and follow it down to where it gets true.

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East Lansing Public Library @elplibrary.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Celebrate #BannedBooksWeek with cool art! Stop by the library to pick up this AMAZING free sticker designed by local artist Ayley S., and show your support for the freedom to read! Stickers available while supplies last.

A digitally illustrated sticker that says "I read banned books." Next to the text is a possum wearing sunglasses, seated on an open book, with a 90s/vaporwave/arcade carpet style background.

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Seeing Double? Just met Kelly outside the Newberry, who is painting the Newberry!! Check out her other work on kellydawsonfineart.com. And remember, we have a select few artist short term fellowships for next year. Apply by December 4! www.newberry.org/research/fel...

Artist with long hair and a baseball cap painting the Newberry façade. What inspiration awaits when she goes inside!

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Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Please don’t buy our books on Amazon. If you can’t afford to buy them from a real bookstore or from us directly, pirate them from Anna’s Archive like God intended.

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Finch Collins @finchinthestacks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The CFP for *Queer Bibliography: Taking Stock* is now open! Full cfp below and at bit.ly/QB2027CfP (Please feel free to circulate these graphics off Bluesky! They're sized for an IG story.)

call for proposals

Queer Bibliography
TAKING STOCK
Manchester, UK and online
2-4 September 2027

details overleaf ❧ ❧ ❧

call for proposals

Taking Stock marks the fifth annual Queer Bibliography conference and is a chance to pause and reflect and to queerly attend to the many meanings of “stock” in bibliography.

Where do we find ourselves and our work?
How might we trace queer histories of queer bibliography? How can we imagine critical futures for bibliographical enquiry within and beyond its traditional academic locations?
From the raw materials of books to the origins and shapes of personal, commercial, and institutional collections, how does "stock" participate in the production, articulation, and study of queer textuality and textual communities?
What is queer about materiality, the ecology of books, and the processes of making and engaging with (collections of) physical textual objects?

We invite participants to engage in stock-taking or to reflect on bibliographical stock, broadly defined. We welcome meta, theoretical, and historiographical work that takes stock of queer bibliography, and we welcome proposals that relate to “stock” in bibliography, book history, and reception studies.

❧ abstracts due 29 January ☙

full cfp: https://bit.ly/QB2027CfP

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Chicago Zine Fest @chicagozinefest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#CZF2026 is on Saturday, and we'll be there with our masks on! There'll be free KN95 masks available at the entrance (find us on the 9th floor of the Harold Washington Library Center). We'll also have a few air purifiers running. Thanks for helping keep the fest illness-free!

A fun comic book style flyer with text reading "Chicago Zine Fest is coming up! Masks provided and encouraged. Help keep us all safe and comfortable".

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Anti-Heroin Chic @antiheroinchic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hello friends, our submissions have been running a little low. With a little under 3 weeks left before submissions close, if you could help us to spread the word it would be so greatly appreciated. All categories are open but we especially need more artwork and photography. heroinchic.weebly.com

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 03/10/2026

Please spread the word far & wide: applications to the Litowitz MFA+MA are now open: it's a two-year fully-funded program (ie, you don't pay for it) w/ health benefits & a $47k/year stipend. I'm reading fiction applications. Deadline is 12/1/26 english.northwestern.edu/graduate/adm...

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THE LITOWITZ CREATIVE WRITING GRADUATE PROGRAM: Department of English - Northwestern University

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Chicago Zine Fest @chicagozinefest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#CZF2026 is in one week! Join us Saturday October 10th at the @chipublib.bsky.social Harold Washington Library Center. Almost 100 zinesters, an Indigenous zinesters panel, two workshops, & five hands-on activities including a typewriter zoo! 🐭 Details: www.chicagozinefest.org/czf2026.html #zines

Poster for Chicago Zine Fest, with an illustration of a cute mouse wearing glasses and looking at a map, walking through a crowd of people.

Text reads:

CHICAGO ZINE FEST
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Saturday, October 10th, 2026
11 am-4pm
Free Admission
Harold Washington Library Winter Garden 9th Floor
400 S. State St.
Featuring exhibitors with zines,
self published books, and mini-comics available for sale or trade!
Enjoy workshops,
panel discussions, and readings!
chicagozinefest.org
Masks encouraged!

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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026

CALL FOR PROPOSALS (CFP): Archives and Resistance: A Virtual Symposium on Digital Preservation and Publication in the Context of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, Feb 19-20, 2027. DEADLINE: Nov 20. documentaryediting.org/archives-and... #BlackStudies #BlackHistory #DigitalHumanities

White text against a purple background: "Archives and Resistance: A Virtual Symposium on Digital Preservation and Publication in the Context of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies"

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scary trash wizard the iv @ourcityburning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

forgot to say this last time, but remote or hybrid in Chicago leads would be immensely appreciated

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 01/10/2026

Today is Primidi the 11th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate potatoes. #JacobinDay See today's page

An old time-y illustration of a Potatoes.

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

everyone hates AI. everyone loves the library

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Emma Morris @curtainlecture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🤩Class proposals for the Winter/Spring Adult Education Program at @newberrylibrary.bsky.social are open!!!🤩 Deadline: October 16. www.newberry.org/learn/adult-...

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The Newberry @newberrylibrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Does your congregation, community organization, or activist group have boxes of photos, newsletters, meeting minutes, flyers, or other records tucked away? Those materials may hold stories worth preserving! Join us for a free training: www.newberry.org/calendar/bey... @chicollections.bsky.social

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Beyond Belief Community Archival Training Workshop, Part 1 / Taller…

Practical, hands-on training to help communities preserve the records that tell their stories / Capacitación práctica y de participación activa para…

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The Newberry @newberrylibrary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Are you curious about how archives could take your research to the next level? Learn the fundamentals of using archives, what kinds of materials you can expect to find, and develop confidence in research strategies. Taught by our Manuscripts and Archive Librarian! @chicollections.bsky.social

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

would you like to read my book The Politics of Lonely for $0? consider requesting it at your library! to sweeten the deal, if you comment below & let me know you've requested it at your library i will enter you to win a copy of the book for keeps, plus each of my four (four???) zines on friendship.

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Chicago Zine Fest @chicagozinefest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Join us Friday October 9th for Hallowzine, an all-ages night of spooky zine readings! We'll kick off #CZF2026 with a fun, free event, thanks to our hosts at @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social in Avondale!! 👻

Playful flyer featuring a smiling ghost and the text "Hallowzine, a free, all-ages night of spooky zine readings. Friday October 9th, Skunk Cabbage Books, 2826 N Milwaukee Ave, presented by Chicago Zine Fest".

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The Newberry @newberrylibrary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Now it can be told! The sci-fi series "Dark Matter" filmed at the Newberry in March 2025 and we appeared in a scene in the new season, episode 2. www.newberry.org/news/apple-t...

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Apple TV Series Films at the Newberry

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Chicago, this Sunday, stop by the Art Institute and check out the Pub Fair, 11-2pm.

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Digital Newberry @digitalnewberry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Gertrude Stein has joined Newberry Transcribe ✨ New letters to Sherwood Anderson + 1,500 more pages, including Ben Hecht, Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Graham Taylor, and two Rodgers family travel journals. Read more and start transcribing: digitalnewberry.substack.com/p/gertrude-s...

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R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

writers! If you’re looking for mentorship & you’re of color, Periplus is going into its seventh(!) year of annually pairing 50ish writers who are newer to publishing with more established writers. Periplus is taking applications through 10/11 🌱 faqs below docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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School Library Journal @slj.com · 17/09/2026

Any school librarians with robust zines programming or using zines to collaborate with classroom teachers? We want to hear from you. Reply here or email news editor Kara Yorio at kyorio@mediasourceinc.com #Skybrarians #TLSky #EduSky #zines

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tonight! And Saturday and Sunday. Come out to celebrate 75 years of Chicago: City on the Make. pocketguidetohell.com

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Pocket Guide to Hell – True Crime, Social Justice, Labor History, Peanuts

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tomorrow! Online! Free!

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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Harry #Houdini was history's most famous magician, but did you know he was also a book collector? Learn more tonight as @ecolleary.bsky.social discusses his new book, Houdini's Library. Join us @ransomcenter.bsky.social at 6 PM, CDT or watch the livestream below! www.eventbrite.com/e/author-rea...

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Eric Colleary - Houdini’s Library (2026)

YouTube video by Harry Ransom Center

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Zine Libraries @zinelibraries.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Registration Now Open! The Zine Librarians unConference will be held virtually via Zoom on Saturday November 7–Sunday November 8. The registration form for ZLuC 2026 can be found HERE & linked in our bio: pci.jotform.com/form/2516578...

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Skunk Cabbage Books @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This weekend is The Urban Birding Festival and we'll be there! Here's where to find us. Our storefront will be open for normal shopping hours.

A half tone vintage map of Chicago's geology fills the background. Over top is a light blue text banner reading, "Skunk Cabbage Books at the Urban Birding Festival, Sept. 18 - 20". Inset is a photo of a white non-binary person wearing a mask and a Skunk Cabbage Books ballcap with a pigeon sitting on their shoulder at last year's Urban Birding Festival.

A halftone map of Chicago's geology fills the background. A blue text bar with an inset photo of Dexter Patterson's Birds of the Great Lakes reads in black, "Friday: Bird Joy for All with Dexter Patterson." A second banner with an inset photo of the cover of Extremely Accurate Birds by Tommy Siegel reads in black, "Saturday: Extremely Accurate Bird Songs with Tommy Siegel and Billy Libby".

A photo of a diorama at the Nature Museum of a taxidermied deer looking up at a fake oak tree. Blue text boxes read, "Saturday + Sunday: Fest HQ @ Notebaert Nature Museum. 10 am - 4 pm."

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Huzzah! My Luddite stickers arrived. Can’t wait to distribute these on campus next week! Thanks @wolfproofpress.com and @literaturegeek.bsky.social

25 glittery Luddite stickers fanned out on a wooden table. The sticker features the iconic Luddite image and reads: Breaking machines that enshittify livelihoods since 1811

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Institute for Palestine Studies @palestinestudies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Palestinian folk songs do more than entertain, they document occupation in real time. Serena Rasoul launches the Palestinian Folk Music Archive: a free digital collection of 800+ songs gathered from Palestinian families everywhere. Yezen Saadah reports: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1659...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🖤 The incomparable Peter Falk, born on this day in 1927! 🖤 Here he is in Wim Wenders's WINGS OF DESIRE (1987). Now playing on the Criterion Channel!

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Adam Morgan @adamm0rgan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you work for a book publisher that has introduced AI at any point in the publishing process, I'm working on a story and would like you speak with you, on-record or off-. Same goes if you're an author and you've witnessed your publisher using AI at any point in the publishing process.

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Library Juice Press @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We're excited to announce that Resisting Erasure: Libraries in Palestine and Palestine in libraries is shortlisted for the 2026 Palestine Book Awards Big, big congratulation to editors Nora Lester Murad and Mary L. Onorato, and all the contributing authors!

Resisting erasure: Libraries in Palestine and Palestine in libraries is shortlisted for the 2026 Palestine Book Awards

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Librarians! Zine-Makers! This new Temporary Services zine (made with @doormouse12.bsky.social) is for you! We interviewed 4 public librarians that maintain zine collections and the result is a beautiful 44 page booklet. See and learn how they do it! $10.00 (or $3.00 PDF) from www.halfletterpress.com

From the front and back cover of the booklet:

Public Librarians Discuss Zine Collections

We asked librarians at four public libraries to talk about their library’s zine collection. What advice can they share with zine makers that want to get their work into a public library, or librarians that want to start a collection at their library? Was it hard to convince others that zines are a resource that the library should collect? What collecting models did they follow? How did they build the collection?

Interviewees:

Tim Devin / Somerville Public Library
(Somerville, MA)
Angi Brzycki & Ziba Pérez /
Los Angeles Public Library
(Los Angeles, CA)
Alicia Tate / Multnomah County Library
(Portland, OR)
Alina Josan / The Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)

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Bob Dolgan @twibchicago.com · 14/09/2026

Today I wrote about our rarest turtle, the Blanding's Turtle. Only 500 or so remain in Illinois, in a few isolated populations. All photos taken with permission. 🐢 www.twibchicago.com/p/blandings-...

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Blanding’s Turtle: a conservation success story

Lake County program is expanding and maintaining their numbers.

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Matt Freeman @mfreemanwriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Come see my new play, THE ASK. It dramatizes a meeting between a second wave feminist on the Upper West Side and a young non-binary fundraiser. It's about the generational tension on the Left, and having a job, and of course, how money drives even the most idealistic conversations.

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 11/09/2026

So freaking excited for this October 1 event for SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME. If you're in Chicago or anywhere near or if you just want to drive a million miles to come to this, please do! It's with the amazing @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social & @anandalima.bsky.social

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Some of you know that I co-founded Liberation Library in 2015 with great comrades in Chicago. The org is volunteer led and has continued it's amazing work. They are trying to raise $15,000 to send books to incarcerated children as a back to school fundraiser - mailchi.mp/cc51694705fc...

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Stack the Books for Back 2 School

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The Newberry @newberrylibrary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We are thrilled to share that "Collecting Stories: New Acquisitions at the Newberry," is open! The exhibition introduces pairings that say something about the Newberry’s past, present, and future. Each acquisition is displayed with something longstanding in the collection. Open through 12/30.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

it's not a self-help book, but it is pretty opinionated. The Politics of Lonely: Why is Friendship So Hard? is officially out today! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

$Three pieces of advice from The Politics of Lonely (swipe to see one more that got cut from the finished book) - “Each of us needs a lot of people, and we need them very badly.” - “It is worth considering whether you might let your friendships inconvenience you a fraction as much as your job does.” - “Kill the Margaret Thatcher in your head” out today, 2026-09-10$

stated reason for not writing a self-help book: “I believe that the message that you can fix all your problems on an individual level implies that they’re your fault to begin with.”

actual reason for not writing a self-help book: i do not give good advice :)

screenshot from the book manuscript, where i have written "have sex with one of your friends! just kidding.... unless?", with a comment asking "too unhinged?" and my very patient editor replying "probably, haha!"

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Media Burn Archive @mediaburn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Announcing the 1st World Poetry Slam Day!!! 📅9/26 ⏰2-4pm 📍Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610 💸 FREE, though a $10 donation is suggested 💌RSVP via link in comments Join us as part of an international celebration of the Poetry Slam featuring founder Marc Kelly Smith.

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Michigan State University Library is hosting the second Common Knowledge Zine Fest on Sun Oct 18th during their Open Access Week. CKZF asks: what can #zines teach us about creating & sharing knowledge outside traditional channels? Apply by Sept 20th: www.cognitoforms.com/LICZ/CommonK...

Flyer for Common Knowledge Zine Fest, with a drawing of a brain and text reading "Applications open! 15+ spots for research and nonfiction zinesters".

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