A recording of the book-release of a new illustrated edition of Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, featuring publisher Mallory Smart and designer Dmitry Samarov at Tangible Books on February 14th, 2026.

A talk with writer Sam Bodrojan about writing, film, the internet, and lots more.

An excerpt from Russell Hoban's Riddley Walker.

A talk with writer/artist John Tottenham about his work.

Read my review of his novel, Service, here.

I read a poem from Philip Levine's 1979 collection, Ashes.

A talk with programmer/projectionist/wearer-of-many-hats Rebecca Lyon about the work she does with Chicago Film Society and how she got into the movies, with occasional commentary from her colleague, Tavi Veraldi.

A talk with writer/indexer/editor June Skinner Sawyers about her many interests in the literary racket.

A talk with writer Alexander Sorondo about his epic William T. Vollmann profile, the even longer new Mark Danielewski one, Substack, Miami, and more.

A talk with Krystle Ratticus about zines, art, writing, Chicago, and the rest of it.

A talk with Chicago/New York writer Ben Tanzer about his After Hours book and a lot more.