School started for the Chicago Public School District this week, and we’re excited to share these visitor thoughts on why field trips at the AWM are great!
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Sep
Sep
Do you love reading? Do you love writing? Do you enjoy sharing your love of literature with fellow like-minded people? Then the American Writers Museum is the place for you! Become a member today and join our thriving community of book lovers and talented writers. Here are five reasons why you should become a member […]
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Aug
Aug
This week’s Story of the Week includes 2 love letters to manual typewriters. Of course, the visitors take different tones when it comes to their delivery. Read on for more…
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Aug
Aug
This week is all about different types of advice from our visitors! From what to do when you’re feeling lonely, to the best way to dance, our visitors know a thing or two about how to live their best life.
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Aug
Aug
By Christian Thorsberg The Chicago summer. She asks not for permission. She asks not for forgiveness. She arrives fashionably late, kicks up her feet, and dismissively yawns in triple digits on autumn’s expectant move-in day. She’ll go when she’s ready. She curates nostalgia. She pairs bare feet with pavement and popsicles with lips. She paints […]
16
Aug
Aug
This week is all about typewriters, poetry, and music! Visit the Museum to try out our typewriters and possibly be featured here!
13
Aug
Aug
For today’s Typewriter Tuesday we’re taking a closer look at Mae West’s 1959 Olympia SF, on loan from the collection of Steve Soboroff. You can see this machine and more on display in our special exhibit Tools of the Trade, open now. “I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.” Mae West, a […]
09
Aug
Aug
Today is National Book Lovers Day! These stories were all chosen because you can just tell they come from people who love great books. 📚
08
Aug
Aug
National Book Lovers Day Staff Picks In honor of National Book Lovers Day, celebrated annually on August 9, we present the books we absolutely love here at the American Writers Museum. This was no easy task, trust us. When you’re in this line of work, you have MANY books that you love and to narrow […]
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Aug
Aug
Deborah Blum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who currently serves as director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, and publisher of the award-winning Undark magazine. Her most recent book, The Poison Squad, tells the dramatic true story of how food was made safe in the United States in the early 1900s, led by the single-minded […]