Happy #LaborDay, fellow public servants.

Being a single, childless woman in her 30's is terrible. All I ever do is exactly what I want, all the time.

Chicago! This afternoon, we’re going to get WILD Printers Row Lit Fest with StoryStudio Chicago. And it’s FREE. See you at 4:30pm!

I'm still quarantining after a bout with the death plague, but *you* should definitely go to Printers Row Lit Fest and stop by the StoryStudio Chicago booth for me.

Just got a memo that employees may not want to plan on the UP-N (and Aurora's BNSF) for work Thursday and Friday. Can we give up on return to office yet? #railstrike

Wordle 453 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 How do I put this on my resume?

Overnight, my family went from grieving the loss of 4 family members in as many years to fighting over the $$$. Please, if you have family and stuff, get your will done by a legit attorney specializing in wills and estates. #PSA

Any other University of Illinois alumni in a perpetual state of unsubscribing from emails? They've got 200 different lists, and I don’t want to hear from any of them (Try me again when I’m done paying my loans, y’all.) But I can’t block the domain because I *do* ❤️ connecting w/ old profs.

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW AND MY PICTURE IS ON THE WEBSITE AND EVERYTHING. ::ahem:: Beneath the Surface: Room for the Roots: Nov. 13. Haymarket Beer Co. with @2ndStory #livelit #Chicagolivelit 2ndstory.com/season24

Things I am not ready for today (but happened anyway): 1. My cousin's kid getting pregnant. 2. The realization that I'm technically old enough to be a grandmother. 3. Snow.

STOP IT TWITTER too many of us don’t have book deals yet

And of course the Creative Nonfiction website has deactivated the page for canceling subscriptions.

In addition to writing Pulitzer-worthy books and calling my own early drafts “literary,” (yes, I'm bragging), Rebecca Makkai is No Longer on This Platform also does vicious takedowns of the ultra-wealthy's terrible decor decisions, and I encourage you to sign up for her Substack: open.substack.com/pub/rebeccamak…

Effie Trinket vibes. #SOTU23

"I didn’t know he was Orange until a number of years ago, when he happened to turn Orange. I respect either one, but he obviously doesn’t because all of a sudden he made a turn and he went – he became an Orange person. I think somebody should look into that." 🍊

Starting the first chapter of Vegetarian Daughters of Midwestern Meat-eating Fathers for Harris-Walz

I screamed and everything got fuzzy & dark the first time I got an #IUD with a Tylenol. When I needed it replaced at 10 yrs, I had panic attacks & put it off 2 yrs past the due date. My second was a pleasant nap with twilight anesthesia. Offering anesthesia should be standard.

Eating vicariously through all my favorite Democrats and fake news hosts this week. #DNCChicago

And you get a president AND YOU GET A PRESIDENT AND *YOU* GET A PRESIDENT! #DNC2024 #DNC2024CHICAGO