B-Side Editions

The date is fast approaching... Wednesday 11/19/25 at the Whistler. Would love to see you there.

amazing

I love hearing that! (And Ed Park forever!)

Thanks for reading, @levistahl.bsky.social 👀🖤

How to write a horror story: Three writers on the art of the scare The American Writers Museum of Chicago will open an exhibit in November on the influence of religion and culture on creative works, including the horror genre.

super proud to be part of this @wbez.org story alongside two amazing writers, love that I was photoshopped so that it looks like I’m lurking & about to jumpscare the both of them

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thanks Juan!!

New book, Watching the Detective, ostensibly about the year I got weirdly obsessed with watching Columbo, but really about so much more. Out 11/18/25. Available to preorder on www.bsideeditions.com 🖤

Chicago! Save the date for a Watching the Detective book launch party. Weds, November 19th, 6-8pm at The Whistler. Books, beverages, friends, hope to see you there.

Do you like cities? Do you think they're miraculous instances of collective creativity, not despite but because of the fact that they always involve complex & improvisatory negotiations among dissimilar individuals? Would you like to explain that to kids? Allow me to recommend LEAF TOWN FOREVER:

Tomorrow (Friday)! I'll be talking with Naomi Washer about her wonderful new book MARGINALIA at @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social in Chicago. Would love to see you.

Print Is Not Dead Talking with designer Matthew Jacobson about book covers, records and music, DIY sensibilities, magic, and more

Design and book people: you might want to check out this interview with super-talented designer Matthew Jacobson, who came up with the cover for Watching the Detective, the next B-Side Editions book (out soon)
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Chicago, come hear/see Donato read as part of this great lineup. Today!

First time at @roscoebooks.bsky.social, picked up the new one by @tvayyyy.bsky.social and finally got one by @bside-editions.bsky.social - enjoying the patio at Soul & Smoke (I swear this isn’t a paid ad)

Hope you enjoy and thanks!

I love that he speaks in paragraphs, he speaks like he writes, which nobody really does anymore (and I so admire his prose).

Such a fun event and a great lineup! Thanks @ignatius2u.bsky.social and @roscoebooks.bsky.social ❤️

I've seen it and it's great.

See you Sunday?

Such a fun time at Exile in Bookville, talking about The Golden Hour, with @specktor.bsky.social

Thanks, Stuart!

This is gonna be so good! Chicago, come through!

It's free but pls register here to give the bookstore a heads up: www.eventbrite.com/e/authors-on...

This Thursday, 7pm, at Exile in Bookville in Chicago! I'll be talking with @specktor.bsky.social, whose new book, The Golden Hour, is just so great. So much to talk about.

I'm excited to host Sunday Salon Chicago's next in-person reading event @roscoebooks.bsky.social on May 25 at 7 pm CT, w/ Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social Deborah Shapiro, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 Bios are up at www.sundaysalon-chicago.com. Come join us!

I'll be reading in Chicago, 5/25 at @roscoebooks.bsky.social with this great line-up. Would love to see you there.

Private Party at RoscoeBooks Host your own private bookstore party at RoscoeBooks! The winner of this auction will receive a two-hour party in the bookstore with their friends or

We donated a private party at the bookstore for the fundraiser for our friends at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social. Win a two-hour party at the store with all your friends, wine and snacks included! Bid now here:

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The next Neon Night Mic is in two weeks! So excited for this stacked lineup

🎤 @danikastegeman.bsky.social
🎤 @parkeryoung.bsky.social
🎤 @simonemuenchie.bsky.social
🎤 Scott Daughtridge DeMer
🎤 Hedgie Choi (@uwiscpress.bsky.social)
🎤 Donato Loia (@bside-editions.bsky.social)

If you're in Chicago, I'll be in conversation with @specktor.bsky.social at Exile in Bookville, Thurs 5/15 at 7pm. It's such a great book, there's so much to talk about. Would love to see you there.

Preserving Disorder - 3-30-2025 Preserving Disorder is the new book show at Lumpen Radio. Hosted by Jeremy Kitchen, author, and purveyor of all that is weird, offensive, and obscene, amateur literary scholar Susie Swanton, the curio...

Had the chance to talk books, writing, small press publishing and more on the Preserving Disorder radio show/podcast. Fun, entertaining, maybe even insightful?? www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/...

The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood, by Matthew Specktor A personal and cultural exploration of the struggles between art and business at the heart of modern Hollywood, through the eyes of the talent that shaped itMatthew Specktor grew up in the film indust...

THE GOLDEN HOUR is out in three weeks! I'm really excited about this book, which I put everything I had into. You can order from an indie store and get a better discount than Am*zon's here (use the code GOLDEN):

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