Our #MondayMood today is provided by Ketch Secor of @crowmedicine, who collaborated with @bobdylan in writing their hit song "Wagon Wheel." Secor performed this October 6, 2018, when he visited to read his new children's book "Lorraine" to kids. We of course sang and danced too. * * Our new exhibit BOB DYLAN: ELECTRIC opens November 16 and if you have any photos or memories of Dylan we want to hear about them! Share your photos, tag us and use #BobDylanElectric for a chance to win a Rock 'N' Roll prize package that includes two tickets to our December 1 event with #RobbieFulks, a gift basket from @heavensdoorwhiskey, a limited-edition exhibit poster, and an AWM membership. The post with the most likes wins! * * #BobDylanElectric #KetchSecor #OldCrowMedicineShow #RockMeMomma #WagonWheel #rockmemommalikeawagonwheel #MondayMood

This week is #loveyourbookstore week. And do we ever love bookstores! This is our gift shop, featuring classic books on writing, authors, and more, as well as book shirts, socks, scarves, and other book-themed items. We also want to give special love to our Chicago bookstore friends like @57thstreetbooks, @openbooksltd, @thedialbookshop, @sourcebooks, @wcfbook and all the other great independent bookstores in Chicago! * * Do you have a favorite bookstore? We want to see! Show your favorite bookstore some love by sharing your photos using the caption #loveyourbookstore. And then support independent booksellers!

Throwing it back to the summer of 1961 when @bobdylan read this copy of J.D. Salinger's classic novel 'Catcher in the Rye.' He even showed off his illustration skills with a little doodle in the back! The bottle of rye drawing a prelude to @heavensdoorwhiskey, perhaps?? This book is among many of the never-before-seen items from Dylan's life that will be displayed in our new exhibit BOB DYLAN: ELECTRIC, including the electric guitar he Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, the first time he played live with an electric guitar. * * Do you have any favorite photos or memorabilia or memories of Bob Dylan? We want to see them! Through the end of November share your photos, tag us, and use #BobDylanElectric for a chance to win an amazing Rock 'N' Roll prize package that includes two tickets to our December 1 event with #RobbieFulks, a gift basket from Dylan's own @heavensdoorwhiskey, a limited-edition exhibit poster, and an AWM membership. The post with the most likes wins! * * #ThrowbackThursday #BobDylanElectric #BobDylan #CatcherInTheRye #JDSalinger #BobDylanArt

October has come and gone, and if you're anything like us you ate too much delicious candy and read a lot of fantastic books by super talented authors. Head to our website to see the full list of authors and books! What are y'all reading these days? Let us know in the comments! * * #AWMStaffReads #amreading #DouglasAdams #HitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy #RichardBach #NickCarbo #EileenTabios #RinChupeco #TheBoneWitch #KevinCoval #Dessa #MyOwnDevices #VeronicaGerberBicecci #JeffJacksonAuthor #KevinKwan #CrazyRichAsians #HarukiMurakami #NnediOkorafor #Binti #KarenRussell #DonnaTartt #MoniqueTruong #RZamoraLinmark

Contest Alert! Our new exhibit BOB DYLAN: ELECTRIC opens November 16, and to celebrate we're hosting a photo contest! From now through the end of November, share your favorite Bob Dylan photos, memories, quotes, memorabilia, art, etc. using #BobDylanElectric. Tag us in the post and you'll be entered to win a Rock 'N' Roll prize package that includes two tickets to our Dec. 1 event with Robbie Fulks, a gift basket from @heavensdoorwhiskey, a limited-edition commemorative exhibit poster, and an annual AWM membership. The post with the most likes wins, simple as that. Let's get rockin! * * #BobDylanElectric #BobDylan #BobDylanQuotes #BobDylanArt #BobDylanPoetry

Hey Chicago! This Monday, November 5 at 6:30 pm join @wellreadblackgirl founder @guidetoglo and activist @charlenecarruthers right here at the American Writers Museum! We are super excited for this event and to read this collection of essays featuring some of your favorite black women writers. We'll talk reading, writing, and the importance of finding ourselves in literature. It'll be a fun, engaging, inspiring conversation and you're sure to leave feeling motivated to connect with books. Get your copy of the Well-Read Black Girl anthology at the event and get it signed by Glory Edim herself! Link in bio. See you Monday, friends. * * #WellReadBlackGirl #WRBGBook #readwithglo #GloryEdim #CharleneCarruthers #AmericanWritersMuseum #AWMAuthorTalks

Happy Halloween! Start your spooks off right with one of our final Edgar Allan Poe Tours today, at 11am and 2pm. After today the tours will be offered Nevermore.....until next October. Oh yeah, trick-or-treat with 10% off all Poe merchandise in our gift shop when you join our tour! * * #EdgarAllanPoe #TheRaven #Spooky #HappyHalloween🎃👻🕸

Today we say goodbye to our exhibit Capturing Stories: Photographs of Writers by Art Shay. Art was an iconic Chicago photographer whose wit, energy, and passion for stories lives on in his photographs. We were honored to share his portraits of renowned writers like Gwendolyn Brooks, Carl Sandburg, James Baldwin and more. Thank you to all who visited and contributed to our #CaptioningStories interactive exhibit, we had fun hearing and seeing your ideas. Stay tuned for news about our next exciting exhibit... * * #CaptioningStories #ArtShay #AmericanWritersMuseum

Tis the season for Edgar Allan Poe merch! This spooky swag is available for 10% off when you join one of our Poe Tours, offered today and tomorrow at 11am and 2pm. Yes, those are in fact Poe-ka dot socks. #EdgarAllanPoe #Halloween #Spooky #SpookySeason

Clever costumes and refreshing cocktails at our Great American Read Costume & Cocktail Party! Do you see any of your favorite characters? * * We watched the finale of the @greatamericanreadpbs and were excited to hear 'To Kill A Mockingbird' was voted the most-loved book in America! FYI: we love that book too. #greatreadpbs #tokillamockingbird #literarycocktails