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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch

@elizabethniarchosneukirch.com
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Greek American writer | Arts & nonprofit PR consultant | 📝 in Real Simple, Newcity, Mississippi Review, Chicago Review of Books, Third Coast Review & more Rep: Emily Forland 📷: Diane Alexander White

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 15h
The awards in four categories — fiction, nonfiction, poetry and essays/narrative journalism — honor writers who live in the Chicago area and/or have written work with a strong Chicago connection.
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Chicago Review of Books announced finalists for its 2026 CHIRBy Awards
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 17/09/2026
MEXODUS is an incredible new show about a lesser-known part of American history, and I'm so excited to promote its Chicago run in November! This live-looped hip-hop musical is about the Underground Railroad that ran south. Thanks @chicagomagazine.bsky.social for the Best of Fall nod. This show is 🔥
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 09/09/2026
Chicago artists & creatives make up a larger portion of the city's workforce than retail, education, or manufacturing services. The total annual impact of our creative economy is $50 billion. Check out Arts Alliance Illinois' groundbreaking study for more! Link in comment ⏬️
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
30 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend☀️ ▪️ House Music Festival ▪️ Taste of Greektown and more: blockclubchi.co/4xsd3xQ
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ABC7 WLS Chicago and Chicago News [Unofficial] @abc7chicago.com.web.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
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36th annual Taste of Greektown kicks off Aug. 28
Chicago's largest celebration of Greek food and culture returns next weekend.
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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our next FREE Write-Out is now open for RSVP. This one happens Sept. 14 at Begyle Brewing. Grab your friends and join the StoryStudio writing community for two hours to get some words down. RSVP here: buff.ly/Ja7mv5j #writingcommunity
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AWP @awpwriter.org · 19/08/2026
#AWP27 Conference Community Scholarship applications are open! We want everyone to experience conference, regardless of financial resources, disability, or other obstacles. Apply today! conference.awpwriter.org/scholarship_...
Chicago shoreline at twilight with blue #AWP27 branding, 60 Years of AWP
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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 18/08/2026
so freaking proud of being part of this @awpwriter.org panel on place (and displacement)--Chicago, March 2027, would love to see you there!
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 10/08/2026
Chicago writers! Great free event with 'Pemi Aguda & @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social coming up this Friday 8/14 at @driehausmuseum.bsky.social as part of the annual StoryBoard Festival from @storystudiochicago.bsky.social 📚🖊📖 More details & free registration through StoryStudio.
Flyer for the 2026 StoryBoard Conference and Festival with a headshot of writer 'Pemi Aguda, who is wearing thin wire glass and a white collared shirt. The flyer says her free keynote event is Friday, August 14 at 6:30pm at the Driehaus Museum in Chicago. Free event but advance registration is required.
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 06/08/2026
My first essay for @realsimple.com is the most personal thing I've ever shared: "What It Feels Like to Have a 7-Inch Ovarian Tumor." Grateful for the platform to advocate for better #womenshealthcare 💛 With thanks to Dr. Jamie Bakkum-Gamez @mayoclinic.org for her insight. #nonfiction #womenshealth
Real Simple essay headline reading: What It Feels Like to Have a 7-Inch Ovarian--And Be Told Not to Worry About It." By Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch. There is a lead photo of a woman's midsection in a brown shirt, with her bare hands over her belly as though in pain.
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 16/07/2026
Looking for a beach read? 🏖📖 My summer books feature for Newcity magazine includes new novels from @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social (Man Overboard!), @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social (It Came from Neverland), Rowan Beaird (Tenderness) & Dawn Turner (Majestic Hills). Link below! #BookRecommendations #newbooks
Newcity magazine title page reading "Booking at the Beach: Chicago authors with new novels explore the city's formidable reading tastes"
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rickkogan.bsky.social @rickkogan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Fine Arts building get a new tenant, a ground floor coffee shop named Groundswell, run by a former baseball pitcher and evoking good memories of the bygone Artists Cafe. Online now and in print Sunday. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/14/f...
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Column: Groundswell Coffee is the Fine Arts Building’s new, caffeine-laced tenant
As Groundswell Coffee Roasters opens in the storied Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue, we remember the former Artists Cafe.
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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Oh we love this piece by our brilliant Board member @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com in Newcity Lit about summery Chicago novels! lit.newcity.com/2026/07/08/b...
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Booking at the Beach: Chicago Authors with New Novels Explore the City’s Formidable Reading Tastes
Four local authors with novels releasing this summer try to define the kind of books our city likes to read while lounging Lake-side.
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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This piece in Newcity by @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com about what makes a Chicago Beach Read -- including Rowan Beaird, @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, Dawn Turner, and yours truly -- is fantastic! lit.newcity.com/2026/07/08/b...
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Booking at the Beach: Chicago Authors with New Novels Explore the City’s Formidable Reading Tastes
Four local authors with novels releasing this summer try to define the kind of books our city likes to read while lounging Lake-side.
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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
@storystudiochicago.bsky.social's StoryBoard Festival 2026 is quickly coming up (August 14th and 15th in Chicago!) and now’s a great time to get your tickets. Here’s what you can look forward to… 🧵 www.storystudiochicago.org/writers-fest...
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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy July, writers! Let's read books! The @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social has your 12 must-read books for July, including exciting new novels from Chicago writers Rowan Beaird and @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social! chireviewofbooks.com/2026/07/01/1...
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12 Must-Read Books of July 2026 - Chicago Review of Books
It’s a heat wave here in Chicago leading into the Fourth of July! Whether you’re looking for some great outdoor reading or want to beat the heat with a good book, the new releases in July are sure to ...
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 20/06/2026
My poem "Lake Myth" was selected to appear on a bus in Racine this year, courtesy of The Poetry Movement 🚌📝 Read other winning poems & the complete bus poetry anthology here: www.thepoetrymovement.org/bus-poems
Lake Myth poem by Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch which reads: They say Poseidon's sea raged. / But here, lakeside birds float / light as my troubles feel / contemplating this divine blue expanse / the meeting of sky and release. The words "float" and "release" are visually set apart to the right of the rest of the poem.
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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
President Barack Obama spoke about our shared American values, and our collective responsibility to strengthen democracy at the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center.
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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My fifth novel MAN OVERBOARD! comes out on Tuesday, July 7 & I'm doing a bunch of events to celebrate. Come say hi & scoop up a copy. I'll even sign it with a seahorse pen!
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 05/06/2026
Great fun working with Rick Kogan @chicagotribune.com & Stefano Esposito @chicago.suntimes.com to tell the stories of a few of the 90+ writers featured at the free #AmericanWritersFestival this weekend (June 6 & 7) hosted by @americanwritersmuseum.org & @chipublib.bsky.social 📚✍️ #AWFest2026
Pictures of feature articles in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times about the American Writers Festival. One has a picture of four women typing on typewriters at the American Writers Museum, and the other has a photo of Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Kraus in his home looking at a manuscript draft.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 28/05/2026
‘Mexodus,’ an acclaimed hip hop musical, will play the Studebaker Theater this fall
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‘Mexodus,’ an acclaimed hip hop musical, will play the Studebaker Theater this fall
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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Our first Chicago Writers Showcase reader is @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social reading from his new novel MAN OVERBOARD! (Gallery Books). Kathleen is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press, as well as a founding member of Poems While You Wait 🧵 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 17/05/2026
Excited to support this year's #AmericanWritersFestival presented by @americanwritersmuseum.org & @chipublib.bsky.social! This year's lineup includes @danielkraus.com and @susanorlean.bsky.social along with dozens of other bestselling, award-winning writers. Join me June 6 & 7 in Chicago! 📚
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 11/05/2026
One of my poems will be traveling around on the side of a BUS this summer! ✨🚍✨ Thrilled to be selected for this moving poetry installation thanks to The Poetry Movement & RYDE Racine. What a great way to provide free public access to literature! I hope Wisconsin riders like my poem, "Lake Myth."
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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 04/05/2026
Guys, ANGEL DOWN won the Pulitzer Prize. Let’s get nuts.
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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I can finally tell you that I was the fiction jury chair for this year's Pulitzer. I had a blast, and am so grateful for the experience.
I was honored to serve as chair of this year’s Pulitzer Jury for fiction. Along with Victor Lavalle, Mark McGurl, Elizabeth Strout, and David Treuer, I spent much of 2025 reading a stunning mountain of books.
Out of nearly 600 novels and short story collections submitted for this year’s prize, we were delighted to present the final judges, the Pulitzer Board, with three nominees whose wild, profound, idiosyncratic narratives are, in our collective estimation, the exciting and fully-realized American fiction published last year. 
We read these books during a year of particular national horror, but to be immersed in literature during this brutal year was also a blessing. Dreams help us digest stress and trauma—and fiction (shared dreams, writ large) help us process the world, its tragic failings, its surprising and obstinate beauty.
All three of our finalist books plumb the depths of pain (personal, political, existential), but couple those tragedies with ecstasy. And it seems like no coincidence that in all three books, a protagonist finds deliverance in the surreal or imagined. In the title novella of Torrey Peters’ collection Stag Dance, a folkloric beast terrifies the protagonist but ultimately delivers salvation. In Katie Kitamura’s Audition, the playacting of both theater and twisted familial roles give the narrator’s life shape and purpose. In Daniel Kraus’s Angel Down, it’s a biblical angel who offers both redemption and a glimpse of the horrifying future. 
The five jurists were united in looking for a book that felt like a classic, one that future readers (we must believe in the future readers, or we’re lost) will look back on as something truly great and even, in retrospect, inevitable, born of this precarious moment in history.
Congratulations to all three of the finalists; I’m so grateful that their work is in the world. And Chicago fireworks for the winner, Daniel Kraus.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 04/05/2026
Only three days and change left to bid! Support @storystudiochicago.bsky.social and unleash me on 2,500 of your best words! It'll be fun!
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Manuscript Review with Benjamin Dreyer
New York Times Bestselling author Benjamin Dreyer will read and offer comprehensive feedback on up to 2,500 words of your manuscript. (The winner of
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Meet "The Favorites" author Layne Fargo at a Block Club event May 4. 📚 The latest edition of the Block Club Book Club, in partnership with Jarvis Square Books, will take place at the Jarvis Square Tavern and include a Q&A and a book-signing. blockclubchi.co/4sW729F
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 20/04/2026
Today I met the brilliant author @susanorlean.bsky.social who wrote one of my favorite books (THE LIBRARY BOOK) at the LA Times Festival of Books AKA #Bookchella. The vibes here were 🔥 which coincidentally is related to Susan's book. #bookfest #latimesfob
Author Susan Orlean wearing a lime green long skirt and short sleeve white top, standing next to Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch who wears light blue jean shorts and an American Writers Museum branded tee. Elizabeth is hosting a copy of The Library Book, a red book with gold text on the front. The two women are smiling because book festivals are fun!
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 17/04/2026
Excited for the @latimes.com Festival of Books this weekend, April 18 & 19! Come see me at booth 67 with the American Writers Museum & meet bestselling author @susanorlean.bsky.social on Sunday at 11am. She will be signing copies of her new book JOYRIDE. #bookfest #latfob #booklover
Graphic for the LA Times Festival of Books, featuring a sparkling book on a yellow background. The American Writers Museum logo is at the top.Headshot of author and journalist Susan Orlean, credit Kelly Davidson
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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
ANNOUNCING! We are beside ourselves with glee to tell you that @fulmerford.com is this year's StoryStudio Chicago Instructor of the Year! We can't wait to celebrate Juan's award at this year's StoryBall -- May 7 at Ravenswood Event Center. buff.ly/Q2XfUh7
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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Yes.
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Michael Welch @mbwwelch.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Thank you so much @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com for talking with me about "On an Inland Sea" ❤️
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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Ha ha! My recent article, "Found in Translation," about the @newberrylibrary.bsky.social's Newberry Transcribe project, for @chicagomag.com, is now online. Enjoy! Share! Consider transcribing a few letters and diaries! www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
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Found in Translation
To fully digitize its archives, the Newberry Library is tapping people who can decipher a foreign language: cursive.
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 28/03/2026
Looking forward to this conversation with the brilliant @michaelzapata.bsky.social & @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social winner Jennifer Egan at @newberrylibrary.bsky.social on April 9! 📖
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 26/03/2026
Great story from @ericathompson.bsky.social in @chicago.suntimes.com about La Femme Dance Festival in Chicago this Saturday, celebrating Black women in dance. #WomensHistoryMonth
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 23/03/2026
My latest Newcity magazine review is about a new novel from Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, a writer of mysterious and heartfelt stories about strong women, inspired by Russian history & folklore. Read it below. #BookRecommendation #WomensHistoryMonth
Cover of The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru. Text is in red all-caps letters over a Paris streetscape in which a woman in a long red coat stands on front of a house whose windows are illuminated in the dusk, the Eiffel Tower appearing from the mist in the background.
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 05/03/2026
I'm on assignment writing about summer books ☀️📚 Specifically from Chicago & Midwest authors. If this sounds like you, and your book comes out June-August, link your details below! All genres welcome. #beachreads #booksky #WritingCommunity #newbooks
A woman sitting on a beach reading a book, facing towards the water. Text over the image says "I'm covering new summer books"
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 11/03/2026
Thanks @ninametz.bsky.social @chicagotribune.com for this great interview about the National Hellenic Museum's Trial of Odysseus, and why the myth remains so compelling today. Story linked below 🏺🔱⛵️🏛 #TheOdyssey #mythology #TheOdysseyMovie
Text reading "The Trial of Odysseus" with an ancient Greek figure standing among the letters with a bow and arrow held up. Beneath it says "Hero or criminal? You decide."
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American Writers Museum @americanwritersmuseum.org · 05/03/2026
Interested in flexing your writing muscles? Next week you can at our generative writing workshop on religion, spirituality, & faith with National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivák (The Sojourn, The Bear). Co-presented by @storystudiochicago.bsky.social Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/american-p...
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American Prophets Workshop: Writing Religion with Andrew Krivák
Co-sponsored by StoryStudio Chicago, a generative workshop as part of the AWM's "American Prophets: Writers, Religion & Culture" exhibition.
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 05/03/2026
I'm on assignment writing about summer books ☀️📚 Specifically from Chicago & Midwest authors. If this sounds like you, and your book comes out June-August, link your details below! All genres welcome. #beachreads #booksky #WritingCommunity #newbooks
A woman sitting on a beach reading a book, facing towards the water. Text over the image says "I'm covering new summer books"
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
From Red Emma’s to Edgar Allan Poe, here’s your literary guide to Baltimore for AWP!
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What to Check Out in Literary Baltimore While You’re in Town For AWP
Baltimore was dubbed “The City That Reads” in 1988, when newly elected Mayor Kurt Schmoke declared his intention to boost literacy in his inaugural address. The slogan was plastered on benches in t…
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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
And for those of us posting online about books and art, I mean, that's human. It's human to continue to defy the darkness to the very end. The band on the Titanic literally played until it sank. You can't stop the human spirit from wanting to experience joy, no matter the conditions.
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 02/03/2026
It's #GreektownChicago Restaurant Week and the neighborhood is celebrating with delicious specials. More in this @abc7chicago.bsky.social segment. OPA! 🇬🇷✨️ abc7chicago.com/videoClip/18...
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Greektown Restaurant Week offers specials on food and drinks
Mr. Greek Gyros owner George Vitogiannis and Nine Muses Bar & Grill owner Xenia Theoharis joined ABC7 on Sunday morning.
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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Headed to AWP next week? We (and our friends at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social) would be thrilled to see you! Come hear from CHIRB staff and StoryStudio instructors, AND get your books signed! www.storystudiochicago.org/storystudio-...
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Katherine Kelaidis @katiekelaidis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
My first piece for Lithub! And it's not bad if I do say so myself.
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 07/02/2026
Recently interviewed the director and playwright of @the-rsc.bsky.social production of Hamnet, adapted from the brilliant Maggie O'Farrell novel. The US premiere of the play opens at @chicagoshakes.bsky.social soon. Very excited to see it! More in my @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social story, linked below.
Cover of Maggie O'Farrell's HAMNET with the new cover featuring a still image of Will and Agnes Shakespeare from the film adaptation.Kemi-Bo Jacobs (Agnes) in rehearsal for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamnet at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Photo by Manuel Harlan, courtesy of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Lit Editor Business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. I took over the Chicago Is Lit column from @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com. Just a few bits right now, but I hope to expand coverage in the future. Writers, publishers, bookstores, and so forth, reach out! thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/02/...
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Chicago Is Lit: February Literary Events, News, and More | Third Coast Review
Third Coast Review writer Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch is stepping away from writing the Chicago Is Lit column, though she will continue to contribute to TCR. In the meantime, Lit editor Dan Kelly is t...
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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I was so happy to write about the brilliant Toya Wolfe for @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social series on Chicago books of the past 10 years! We are absolutely living in the New Chicago Renaissance, and there's a lot that sucks about the world right now but the Chicago lit scene is not one of those things.
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 30/01/2026
Love seeing clients @americanwritersmuseum.org and National Hellenic Museum in the news! Fun museums event this weekend for those in Chicago.
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