Women & Children First

Chicago friends! Happy to see Dayspring is available at @wcfbook, @PilsenCommBooks, @UnabridgedBooks, and @madstreetbooks--just looking among my old favorites where I've dragged @meakoopa on visits 📚

We had a blast last night chatting poetry, languages, what translation creates & the pitfalls of the platform formerly known as Twitter @SusannaLang16 @SusanHarrisWWB Alta Price @kristenmill @wcfbook

Can't wait to celebrate my beloved genius friend @hilsaphina and her new novel TERRACE STORY @wcfbook! Join us on 8/31 on zoom!

Did you know about 40% of women in prison didn't finish high school? This back-to-school season, help @ChicagoBWP get educational books in the hands of learners behind bars. Buy a book or gift card on the CBWP wishlist or from the in-store display.

Read banned books and defend Black Studies! Get your FREE ebook of @Kaepernick7's OUR HISTORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONTRABAND: IN DEFENSE OF BLACK STUDIES coedited by @CaseyGrants Freedom Scholars @KeeangaYamahtta & Robin D. G. Kelley. Free download ➡️ CaseyGrants.org/FreeBook.

I profiled Samuel R. Delany—sci-fi pioneer, gay radical, literary genius—for @NewYorker’s fiction issue newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

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more book tour updates! i'll be doing a virtual event with the ICON SAMANTHA IRBY thanks to the babes @wcfbook on JULY 25 so get READY!

⚡ TONIGHT!⚡ Join @mfernandespoet author of ⚡ I Do Everything I'm Told @wcfbook! with CM Burroughs, @lhiton + @RichieHof Tues 6/27 = 7pm CT More info + register (but it's free to attend!): buff.ly/3PucWyD

We are SO excited about @EsmeSymesSmith upcoming releases Sir Callie & the Champions of Helston (paperback) and Sir Callie & the Dragon's Roost!! Pre-order to get a signed bookplate and bookmark 😍 womenandchildrenfirst.com/search/site/si…

Attention Chicago!! Announcing our newest book group: Women & Children’s Banned Book Group will be reading banned books every month. Our first meeting is Monday July 10th at 7 pm, and we’re reading ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE by @IamGMJohnson. Come through & bring a friend!

This Tuesday evening, join us in celebrating @lindzamer on the publication of their crucial new book RAINBOW PARENTING: YOUR GUIDE TO RAISING QUEER KIDS AND THEIR ALLIES. Register for this wonderful (& free!) event here: eventbrite.com/e/in-store-rai…

Hello Chicago!! Don’t miss your chance to hear @CleyvisNatera read from her new novel NERUDA ON THE PARK in conversation with the always wonderful @jessaminechan. Register for this free event here: eventbrite.com/e/in-store-ner…

CHICAGO! This Friday, May 26, I’ll be moderating @CleyvisNatera’s paperback launch for NERUDA ON THE PARK @wcfbook! Join us! womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/store-ne…

Calendar / #FeministAgenda (CT): 7pm @wcfbook In-Store: BIANCA by Eugenia Leigh with Jameka Williams & C. Russell Price eventbrite.com/e/in-store-bia… rebelliousmagazine.com/the-feminist-a…

Attention Chicago!! There are still tickets left to hear the incredible @caseyplett speak about her book A SAFE GIRL TO LOVE in conversation with Hazel Jane Plante. Register for this free (!!) event here: womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/person-e…