Thrilled to be headed to Athens Ohio today, where tonight I will debut a new craft talk and read the essay I just published in Conjunctions and talk about keeping on as writers through these schism-ing times. ohio.edu/news/2023/03/2…

Traveling home tired after teaching, hemmed in by Cubs fans on the northbound L train, I was so pleased to read this. Thanks to everyone who takes time to read my stuff.

I love everything we publish in the Nonfiction For Living Cities —but this essay is one of my all-time faves! So queerly segmented and nonfiction gorgeous. Happy Pride everyone!

What do a memoirist, an essayist, two poets (1 dead/1 living) 2 transmasc filmmakers from the 90s, and my neighborhood in Chicago have in common? If you are in Tacoma, WA at 8:30 this AM come to my talk at the The Rainier Writing Workshop, the only place you will ever see me standing before 10AM!

Opening talk at the The Rainier Writing Workshop in the bag! Thanks to all the rapturous Rainier Writing Workshoppers for your beautiful and supportive presence this morning! Let’s go!

I love these pics! Thank you to ALL in this class on nonfiction hybrids who persevered despite loud air conditioning noise and repeated interruptions by a wasp. (The 🐝 here is not visible because we trapped it under a glass—and released when we were done.) #NonFiction

Coming soon, in Chicago. Jen Soriano /Jen Soriano’s book is gorgeous and the conversation will be too! eventbrite.com/e/in-person-ne…

TONIGHT! Please come if you can to check out Jen Soriano's great new book. Note that preregistration is required here: eventbrite.com/e/in-person-ne…

It’s been a minute since I’ve been notabled so I’m happy to see this listing in Best American Essays 2022. From Conjunctions. Robert Atwan has been kind to my work as a writer & editor since my 1st mention in (gasp) 1999 so I’m pleased to be listed again. #nonfiction #cnf

A cartography of high literary order, Barrie Jean Borich’s BODY GEOGRAPHIC turns personal history into an inspired reflection on the points where place and person intersect and where dislocation means finding oneself. Save 50% during our Holiday Sale: bit.ly/UNPholiday2023

BJB at the AWP #1 Nonfiction For Living Cities will be paneling day 1 of #AWP2024, Come hear my trusty contributing editor Tim Hillegonds talk about writing the city on the themed magazine panel, Thurs. Feb 8th at 10:35 AM, joining a lovely crew of editors of little mags with particular focus.

The first #AWP24 panel I'm on is happening on Thursday, Feb 8th at 1:45. Come join these dazzling wonderfuls—Julie Marie Wade, Jen Soriano, Marco Seiryū Wilkinson, & Constance Collier-Mercado—as we talk about making hybrid intersectional #nonfiction.

Sat Feb 10 at 9AM, the final day of #AW2024, I join my dearest co-faculty from The Rainier Writing Workshop to celebrate our new anthology of craft essays edited by Brenda Miller, all culled from the RWW summer residency morning talks. Moderated by Rick Barot. Rick Barot Brenda Miller

OSU Press authors are at it again today at #AWP! Three panels have OSU family members on them this morning and we hope to see you there! 9-10:15, Rm 3501AB The Fine Art of Craft Talking w/Barrie Jean Borich (1/2) #AWP24 #AWP2024

My excerpt from the new craft anthology THE NEXT DRAFT, edited by Brenda Miller —just dropped today in Lit Hub! #Nonfiction The Rainier Writing Workshop

If you are on the DePaul Lincoln Park Campus in Chicago on Tuesday, April 30th, please stop by Richardson Library to see my Do Say Gay students display their public humanities one-page projects on Banned Books and Queer Archive Finds. Free! Fun! Buttons! Come One/ Come All!

This May Day in the Nonfiction For Living Cities, we honor the working & blooming metropolis. My student editors chose 30 nonfiction artists from our archives to feature at this anniversary event in person & on Zoom—sharing work about & from cities all over the world. #nonfiction.

Next Week in Chicago—my @Depaul students launch their DO SAY GAY exhibit work on banned books and LGBTQ+ Freedoms Gerber/Hart Library & Archives.

Read this Block Club Chicago story and just try to stay away from the Do Say Gay launch on Fri night, 7 June. Featuring exhibits on Banned Books and special guest Ames Hawkins's revival of Coyote Pete—presenting their own version of drag story hour! blockclubchicago.org/2024/06/06/we-…

Thanks to everyone who helped us SAY GAY at Gerber/Hart Library and Archives last night. If you’re in Chicago please come see the exhibit—available whenever the library is open until late August. Heather Montes Ireland Gerber/Hart