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Rachel Swearingen

@rachelswearingen.bsky.social

Author. HOW TO WALK ON WATER AND OTHER STORIES. Writer of short stories/essays/interviews/book reviews. Currently at work on a novel and several scripts. Chicagoan. www.rachelswearingen.com

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Michael Bazzett @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

This is going to be great! And it's all free 💜

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Keith Pilapil Lesmeister @keithlesmeister.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

A stellar line up of writers coming to my little corner of northeast Iowa.

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Keith Pilapil Lesmeister @keithlesmeister.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Friday w/ @rachelyoder.bsky.social, Mike Bazzett, William Russell, and Megan Mayhew Bergman. Saturday w/ @giano.bsky.social @rachelswearingen.bsky.social, Jennie Case, @akwinji.bsky.social, LD Kidd, @chuyrenteria.bsky.social, Amy Weldon, and Katherine Hannigan, and another appearance by MMB.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Here's a great opportunity for you, #writers! (Especially early career writers.) Applications are open for the $20,000 DAG Prize for Literature.

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A new $20,000 prize will recognize innovative prose by early-career writers.

Today, The DAG Foundation for the Arts, established by musicians Alyssa and Douglas Graham, announces the DAG Prize for Literature, a new annual prize that will award $20,000 to “an early-car…

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Rachel Swearingen @rachelswearingen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Planning to be in Chicago over the next several weeks? Come see the world premiere of Susan Soon He Stanton's riveting modern fairytale, Cygnus. On stage at The Gift Theatre beginning February 6.

Official poster for world premiere of Cygnus. Image of young woman with hair blowing over eyes.

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