Author Archives: American Writers Museum

Get (Chick) Lit: Women Writers Recap

A Night in Celebration of Women Writers In honor of Women’s History Month, we saluted [...]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes

A list of iconic and powerful Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes On March 15, 1933, Ruth [...]

21 Comments

Spring Into Action and Register Early for Four New Get Lit Happy Hour Events

May through August Get Lit event tickets are on sale now! March 9, 2023 (CHICAGO) [...]

AWM Staff Picks: March 2023

Reading Recommendations from the staff of the American Writers Museum. We can’t recommend these books [...]

Top 5 Reasons to Visit the American Writers Museum in March

We have plenty of events and exhibits that are some of the top things to [...]

Black History Month – 28 Days of Black Writers

Celebrate Black History Month with a look back at 28 days of Black writers. February [...]

2 Comments

Get Lit: Down with Love Recap

A Valentine’s Day party unlike any other At Get Lit: Down with Love, which took [...]

AWM Staff Picks: February 2023

Reading Recommendations from the staff of the American Writers Museum. We can’t recommend these books [...]

When Famous Writers Got Rejected

Don’t worry, even your favorite writers have been rejected. Putting yourself out there is scary [...]

Chicago Artists Depict the Likeness of Influential Black Writers from the Civil War Through the Civil Rights Era in Artwork Central to the ‘Dark Testament’ Exhibit

Dark Testament runs through Black History Month to September 17, 2023 at the American Writers [...]