I’ve ventured into new worlds, improved the quality of my feedback, and eventually created a Discord server for SFF writers to create in a magnified scale some of that craft community. The first manuscript I beta-read will be published in 2022, while the second eventually introduced me to one of my dearest writing friends. Ages (and quarantines) have passed since then. I’d yet to learn the terminology, the difference between beta-reader, critique partner, editor, copyeditor, but I was recovering from tuberculosis, and as such, had a lot of quarantined time at hand.
I’d only ever left scattered gushing comments on Wattpad original fiction before that. They publish fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry that celebrates extraordinary voices and work that is deeply rooted in the Midwest.Months before I finally sank my teeth in the first Creative Writing workshop coursework of my bachelor’s degree, I started beta-reading seriously in 2019. Fitzpatrick’s art appears in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC.Ĭurbside Splendor is an independent press located in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. Fitzpatrick has authored or illustrated eight books of art and poetry, and, for the last two years, has written a column for Newcity. Fitzpatrick’s works are inspired by Chicago street culture, cities he has traveled to, children’s books, tattoo designs, and folk art. Tony Fitzpatrick is a Chicago-based artist best known for his multimedia collages, printmaking, paintings, and drawings. Reidy works at closerlook, inc., where he is the VP of Creative. His first book, Captive Audience, a collection of short stories about performers, was named an “Indie Next Notable Book” by the American Booksellers Association. Embassy Arts Envoy to teach and perform in Botswana, Africa.ĭave Reidy’s fiction has been published by GRANTA and other journals. She is an alum of the iconic Squaw Valley Writers Community, the former writer-in-residence for the historic Pfister Hotel, and founder of Still Waters Collective, an arts education and community-building initiative.
Dasha holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University. As a spoken word artist, Dasha has performed throughout the U.S., in Canada and appeared on the final season of HBO presents Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam. A novel that reads like rubbernecking or a junk-food binge, compelling a horrified fascination and bleak laughter in the face of outrageously painted everyday sadness.”-Kirkus Reviewsĭasha Kelly is a nationally-known writer, artist and social entrepreneur.
“ offers up its characters for hatred and ridicule with such energy, obsessive detail and hopelessness that the reader can’t help but read on, through exasperating flinches of sympathy and recognition. Halle Butler is a writer living in Chicago. Please note the new venue! We’re featuring four outstanding authors this month: Halle Butler, Dasha Kelly, Dave Reidy, and Tony Fitzpatrick. Please join Sunday Salon Chicago in celebrating a new year of literary excellence featuring four authors from local indie pres s Curbside Splendor Publishing on January 31 at 7:00 p.m.
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