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first Friday of every month I made a tradition for myself where I go up to bed early (930ish) with a bunch of poetry books & a downtempo playlist & I just kinda hang in bed with poems for a few hours until falling asleep — two years in, it’s still a favorite thing of mine

the indescribable thrill of feeding your toddler contraband peanut butter puffs in an art gallery to buy just five more minutes

Just finished @finejuli's The Upstairs House: a masterclass in using the surreal to illuminate reality (in this case, postpartum everything). As a new-ish mom in grad school, moments in this book made me feel *so* seen (even if I don't hang out with Margaret Wise Brown's ghost)

I just bought my third book-themed baseball hat (am I doing baseball hats right)

We bought a house when Lucy was four months old and it felt like all too much. So I wrote. And one of the small things I wrote found a home with MER - Mom Egg Review this month. A small snippet below (so very very honored)

In the quiet of a Tuesday morning, while her baby naps, she submits her MFA thesis. There is silence. There is peace. But mostly, there is deep gratitude.

nonfiction writers on parade

I couldn't be more proud to know @NGerhardstein - and more inspired by the way she pursues the world with curiosity, heart and tenacity. What a beautiful tribute to a beautiful career. Congrats, dear friend.

Hey Chicago friends - does anyone know anything (anything at all) about the "Mr Mr Fungi" graffiti around town?

Chicago friends! What do you know about Mr Mr Fungi graffiti? Anything? Or do you know someone who might?

Because no one should be treated the way my friend Christie Valentin-Bati was treated earlier this month: chng.it/5JVLGGGShq

My husband's firm has defiantly refused to put adequate family leave policies in place under the excuse of "we're a small business." I'll be alone with a toddler and a newborn in January - I want to cry. Nothing is worth this strain on a family's mental health.

Heard of Mr. Mr. Fungi? The distinctive graffiti tag seemed to be plastered all over the city. But who was responsible? The answer to that was not so easy to find. Kelley Engelbrecht went looking. trib.al/w9ycQre

Salutes to Kelley Engelbrecht and Chicago magazine for going down this rabbit hole and shedding light on some of our city’s most intriguing and elusive writers, rollers, and artistic vandals. An excellent piece. #chicago #streetart #graffiti

A new piece in Chicago magazine that forever altered the way I look at Chicago's urban landscape. Mr Mr Fungi, forever: chicagomag.com/chicago-magazi…

Hi friends - do I know anyone who knows anyone with a connection to the Art Institute of Chicago?

The heirs of a famous Jewish entertainer killed in the Holocaust want the Art Institute to return a work they say was stolen by the Nazis. Kelley Engelbrecht does a deep dive into the controversy. trib.al/tFC8puZ

The Drawing the Art Institute Won’t Give Back The heirs of a famous Jewish entertainer killed in the Holocaust want the museum to return a work they say was stolen by the Nazis. But was it really? by Kelley Engelbrecht chicagomag.com/chicago-magazi…

A bold experiment at an old Lincoln Square motel represents a pioneering approach to housing the unhoused. The Haven on Lincoln provides housing to homeless people in the throes of addiction and mental illness, without any requirements like sobriety: trib.al/4T0v2wv

No sobriety requirements. Individual rooms. A space designed with wellness in mind. Kelley Engelbrecht examines the Haven on Lincoln, a transitional housing facility—and the stakes of this pioneering approach: trib.al/MGDoBz2