Author Archives: American Writers Museum

A Chicago Gift Named Shel Silverstein
A Chicago Gift Named Shel

Learn some surprising fast facts about Chicago's native son, Shel Silverstein. [...]

25
Sep
Another Side of George R.R. Martin
Another Side of George R.R. Martin

Will readers forgive me if I confess that I have neither read George R. R. [...]

20
Sep
American Writer Spotlight: Catherine Pierce
American Writer Spotlight: Catherine Pierce

Have you heard of Catherine Pierce? No? Well, you’re in for a treat! She is [...]

12
Sep
Take a literary tour of the United States with this 5 part series of 50 States, 50 Novels
50 States, 50 Novels- Part 5

Finish this literary tour around the United States with these fifty novels. This post is [...]

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08
May
Take a literary tour of the United States with this 5 part series of 50 States, 50 Novels
50 States, 50 Novels- Part 4

The United States is known for the breadth of diversity in its literature – take [...]

07
May
Take a literary tour of the United States with this 5 part series of 50 States, 50 Novels
50 States, 50 Novels- Part 3

The United States is known for the breadth of diversity in its literature – take [...]

06
May
Take a literary tour of the United States with this 5 part series of 50 States, 50 Novels
50 States, 50 Novels- Part 2

The United States is known for the breadth of diversity in its literature – take [...]

05
May
Take a literary tour of the United States with this 5 part series of 50 States, 50 Novels
50 States, 50 Novels- Part 1

The United States is known for the breadth of diversity in its literature - take [...]

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04
May
Why We Should All Read Sarah Piatt’s Poems

In the late 1850s, when a young Sarah Morgan Bryan began to publish her poems in [...]

26
Dec
Things to Do in Chicago in Winter

AWM Offers Things to Do in Chicago in Winter (plus Twelve Odd Tales for Christmas) [...]

21
Dec
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