Look at this beautiful list of incredible writers! π
"On An Inland Sea" comes out next month!
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Host/Curator: sundaysalon-chicago.com > Ragdale, Board of Trustees member & Co-Chair, Curatorial Bd. Writer & poet. Books: Fishhead. Republic of Want (novel) & Salt Pruning (poetry) https://linktr.ee/ignatius.valentine.aloysius
Look at this beautiful list of incredible writers! π
"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 β Website update coming soon! Hope to see you, good worldβ ππ
read the rest of the review at open.substack.com/pub/dandento... #booksky #review
On an Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes, Edited by Michael Welch
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.
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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! ππ₯π
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. ππ₯° π
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! ππ₯ Cool blurbs, y'all! Dialing in @saralippmann.bsky.social & @michaelzapata.bsky.social π₯° 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 πππ₯ www.magicaljeep.com/product/mcda...
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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 πππΌπ
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 πβ€οΈπ₯ 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. π π₯π
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 π
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 π₯ππ
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 πππ β€οΈππ
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 π₯ππ
On October 26, Sunday Salon Chicago is happening on Zoom at 6 pm CT, featuring Perugiaβs 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 πππ
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 CumpiΓ‘n. Pls join us. Visit sundaysalon-chicago.com & join our email list. β€οΈ
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 β€οΈππ₯
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! πΊπ π
THIS SUNDAY! Sunday Salon Chicago launches THE OVERTURNING ANTHOLOGY on 8/31 at 7 pm @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village β€οΈπ₯π 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 π₯ sundaysalon-chicago.com for more. Hope to see you, Chicago ππ
TY! It is amazing. Can't wait either @roscoebooks.bsky.socialβ£οΈ
@elizabethniarchosneukirch.com Thank you so much for sharingβ£οΈπΊπ
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 π₯β€οΈπ You can read all authors' bios at sundaysalon-chicago.com. Join us! π₯°πΊπ
1. Visit @bookshop.org and select the local independent bookstore you wish to support β€οΈ
2. Buy more books than you will ever have time to read πππ
3. Feel happy knowing you have helped authors and bookstores instead of billionaires ππ»