Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
@elizabethniarchosneukirch.com
🇬🇷 Fiction writer & nonprofit PR consultant
📝 in Newcity, Mississippi Review, Chicago Review of Books, Third Coast Review & others
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📝 in Newcity, Mississippi Review, Chicago Review of Books, Third Coast Review & others
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📷: Diane Alexander White
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New book loading... 📖✨️ Beyond excited to be awarded a residency fellowship from @the-vcca.bsky.social to work on my second novel! I'm incredibly grateful for this opportunity and support--especially given the deeply personal origin of my new project. #VCCAFellows #writinglife #artistresidency
Recently interviewed the director and playwright of @the-rsc.bsky.social production of Hamnet, adapted from the brilliant Maggie O'Farrell novel. The US premiere of the play opens at @chicagoshakes.bsky.social soon. Very excited to see it!
More in my @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social story, linked below.
More in my @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social story, linked below.
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Recently interviewed the director and playwright of @the-rsc.bsky.social production of Hamnet, adapted from the brilliant Maggie O'Farrell novel. The US premiere of the play opens at @chicagoshakes.bsky.social soon. Very excited to see it!
More in my @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social story, linked below.
More in my @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social story, linked below.
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Lit Editor Business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. I took over the Chicago Is Lit column from @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com. Just a few bits right now, but I hope to expand coverage in the future. Writers, publishers, bookstores, and so forth, reach out!
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Chicago Is Lit: February Literary Events, News, and More | Third Coast Review
Third Coast Review writer Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch is stepping away from writing the Chicago Is Lit column, though she will continue to contribute to TCR. In the meantime, Lit editor Dan Kelly is t...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Lit Editor Business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. I took over the Chicago Is Lit column from @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com. Just a few bits right now, but I hope to expand coverage in the future. Writers, publishers, bookstores, and so forth, reach out!
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/02/...
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/02/...
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I was so happy to write about the brilliant Toya Wolfe for @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social series on Chicago books of the past 10 years! We are absolutely living in the New Chicago Renaissance, and there's a lot that sucks about the world right now but the Chicago lit scene is not one of those things.
Our second installment in the Chicago Renaissance series is about Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe (@wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social, 2023), chosen by novelist @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I was so happy to write about the brilliant Toya Wolfe for @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social series on Chicago books of the past 10 years! We are absolutely living in the New Chicago Renaissance, and there's a lot that sucks about the world right now but the Chicago lit scene is not one of those things.
Love seeing clients @americanwritersmuseum.org and National Hellenic Museum in the news! Fun museums event this weekend for those in Chicago.
A group of local museums have teamed up for their first “member swap” this weekend, offering Chicagoans a chance to explore new institutions for free. blockclubchi.co/4a2z0ZM
January 30, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Love seeing clients @americanwritersmuseum.org and National Hellenic Museum in the news! Fun museums event this weekend for those in Chicago.
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Really happy that @storystudiochicago.bsky.social is co-sponsoring a fundraiser to support the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights on Saturday, January 24th at 4:30pm 🧵
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January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Really happy that @storystudiochicago.bsky.social is co-sponsoring a fundraiser to support the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights on Saturday, January 24th at 4:30pm 🧵
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www.eventbrite.com/e/fundraiser...
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My fifth novel MAN OVERBOARD! -- a beach read about a guy with zero beach -- comes out in a little over six months & is available for preorder now. Add to cart!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Man-Ov...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Man-Ov...
January 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
My fifth novel MAN OVERBOARD! -- a beach read about a guy with zero beach -- comes out in a little over six months & is available for preorder now. Add to cart!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Man-Ov...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Man-Ov...
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Check out this segment on ABC7 about our new Write Where You Are fellowship!
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Write Where You Are fellowship offers writers the tools to share their diverse stories
The Chicago-based nonprofit Stories Matter Foundation is proud to announce its inaugural Write Where You Are writing fellowship.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Check out this segment on ABC7 about our new Write Where You Are fellowship!
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#writingcommunity
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Get a first-look at the new books coming out of the Chicago literary community in 2026 at our CHICAGO WRITERS SHOWCASE on January 21, 6:30pm at the Book Cellar! It’s our next evolution in our mission to uplift the voices in our city’s creative community 🧵
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December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Get a first-look at the new books coming out of the Chicago literary community in 2026 at our CHICAGO WRITERS SHOWCASE on January 21, 6:30pm at the Book Cellar! It’s our next evolution in our mission to uplift the voices in our city’s creative community 🧵
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Themes of place & legacy, and of celebration & erasure, resonate throughout “Lingering Inland,” a new anthology of 70+ essays exploring how Midwestern locales have inspired American letters. Editor @andyoler.bsky.social & forward by @joseolivarez.bsky.social. More in my Newcity feature linked below!
January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Themes of place & legacy, and of celebration & erasure, resonate throughout “Lingering Inland,” a new anthology of 70+ essays exploring how Midwestern locales have inspired American letters. Editor @andyoler.bsky.social & forward by @joseolivarez.bsky.social. More in my Newcity feature linked below!
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Chicago: Please join us on Sat, January 24th at The Hideout to raise money for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights. A reading & panel with writers, artists, and activists @anandalima.bsky.social Jose-Luis Moctezuma, @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, Nissa Rhee. Hosted by Michael Zapata.
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Chicago: Please join us on Sat, January 24th at The Hideout to raise money for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights. A reading & panel with writers, artists, and activists @anandalima.bsky.social Jose-Luis Moctezuma, @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, Nissa Rhee. Hosted by Michael Zapata.
An inspiring, life-affirming column from @heidikstevens.bsky.social to start the New Year, reminding us to find the joy wherever we can & take care of one another ✨️ #NewYear2026 #newyear
From the Leo High School choir's joyful energy, to the Chicago Marathon’s collective humanity.
From every act of resistance, to every holiday card writer.
From every sunrise, to every sunset.
25 things I'm carrying with me into 2026.
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From every act of resistance, to every holiday card writer.
From every sunrise, to every sunset.
25 things I'm carrying with me into 2026.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/25/h...
Heidi Stevens: At the end of an imperfect year, a list that reminds us what tomorrow is for
There’s still more growing, healing, loving and protecting to do, so here are the things I’m carrying into 2026, writes Heidi Stevens.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:06 PM
An inspiring, life-affirming column from @heidikstevens.bsky.social to start the New Year, reminding us to find the joy wherever we can & take care of one another ✨️ #NewYear2026 #newyear
Outside the Chicago Humanities event with @margaretatwood.bsky.social, women in Handmaid-style red robes were handing out anti-fascist pamphlets to attendees.
"Some people object to having you say out loud the thing that they have said themselves they want to do," Atwood said of her iconic book. 1/
"Some people object to having you say out loud the thing that they have said themselves they want to do," Atwood said of her iconic book. 1/
December 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Outside the Chicago Humanities event with @margaretatwood.bsky.social, women in Handmaid-style red robes were handing out anti-fascist pamphlets to attendees.
"Some people object to having you say out loud the thing that they have said themselves they want to do," Atwood said of her iconic book. 1/
"Some people object to having you say out loud the thing that they have said themselves they want to do," Atwood said of her iconic book. 1/
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The Chicago Tribune’s 10 best books of 2025: a bit of horror, a little graphic biography, a resonant history lesson (@risenc.bsky.social) and a touch of Chicago true crime www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/t...
The 10 best books of 2025: Censorship, crime and compassion
From “Clam Down” to “Murderland,” these are the 10 books out of my tall stack of best books of the year that I couldn’t get out of my mind. How do you pick yours?
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December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Chicago Tribune’s 10 best books of 2025: a bit of horror, a little graphic biography, a resonant history lesson (@risenc.bsky.social) and a touch of Chicago true crime www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/t...
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Great reading list here, in which I recommend my favorite book of the year, Xenobe Purvis' fabulous debut The Hounding 🐕✨️ (@henryholtbooks.bsky.social)
Parsed through stacks of ARCs & chose 2025 favorite books, like One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (@aaknopf.bsky.social), Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou (@tinhouse.bsky.social), & Sacrament by Susan Straight (Counterpoint).
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The Best Books We Read in 2025 - Chicago Review of Books
A list of the best books the CHIRB team and contributors read this year.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Great reading list here, in which I recommend my favorite book of the year, Xenobe Purvis' fabulous debut The Hounding 🐕✨️ (@henryholtbooks.bsky.social)
Heartfelt congrats to the winners of this year's Chicago Review of Books Awards! 📚👏🏻
@samiraahmed.bsky.social @eveewing.bsky.social
@adrianacardmag.bsky.social
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@samiraahmed.bsky.social @eveewing.bsky.social
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Recipients of the so-called “CHIRBy” Awards include Eve L. Ewing, WBEZ’s Adriana Cardona-Maguigad and New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed.
Five Chicago writers recognized with Chicago Review of Books 2025 awards
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December 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Heartfelt congrats to the winners of this year's Chicago Review of Books Awards! 📚👏🏻
@samiraahmed.bsky.social @eveewing.bsky.social
@adrianacardmag.bsky.social
@tvayyyy.bsky.social
@samiraahmed.bsky.social @eveewing.bsky.social
@adrianacardmag.bsky.social
@tvayyyy.bsky.social
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Stunned and honored to have received the 10th Annual Chicago Review of Books Award for Fiction. The CHIRBys are a special event, a truly Chicago moment.Thank you @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social and all the readers, writers, judges, supporters, and members of this extraordinary community.
December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Stunned and honored to have received the 10th Annual Chicago Review of Books Award for Fiction. The CHIRBys are a special event, a truly Chicago moment.Thank you @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social and all the readers, writers, judges, supporters, and members of this extraordinary community.
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My first book pubs today, and among other things it is a love letter to Chicago — the city and the communities that have been a tenth muse for me.
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
December 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My first book pubs today, and among other things it is a love letter to Chicago — the city and the communities that have been a tenth muse for me.
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
Thanks to Rick Kogan at @chicagotribune.com for this wonderful piece about the American Writers Museum’s new exhibit! American Prophets: Writers, Religion & Culture is an expansive, fascinating initiative and it was a pleasure to work on this. Highly recommend stopping by if you're in Chicago!
Column: In ‘American Prophets,’ how writers feel about religion and spirituality
Column: In ‘American Prophets,’ how writers feel about religion and spirituality
A new exhibit at American Writers Museum on Michigan Avenue has the words of Flannery O’Connor, Malcolm X, Harold Ramis and others about how they felt about religion and spirituality.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Thanks to Rick Kogan at @chicagotribune.com for this wonderful piece about the American Writers Museum’s new exhibit! American Prophets: Writers, Religion & Culture is an expansive, fascinating initiative and it was a pleasure to work on this. Highly recommend stopping by if you're in Chicago!
I cannot overstate what an inspiring, brilliant & empowering teacher-essayist @meganstielstra.bsky.social is. So if you have stories inside you that you are terrified of writing and/or feel like they are clawing their way out of you, you should probably join me in January.
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LET'S GO 🖊🔥
Have you heard?! The force of nature that is @meganstielstra.bsky.social is teaching a four-session online class starting Jan 8. This class will give writers everything they need to know to write powerful personal essays that center the human experience.
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Urgency and the Personal Essay: Four Lessons on What to Say, How to Say it, Revision, and Submitting with Megan Stielstra - StoryStudio Chicago
"I’ve written a hundred course descriptions in my career, but over the past few months these paragraphs feel new and charged and vital. What does it mean to write in this time? To write of this time?…
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November 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I cannot overstate what an inspiring, brilliant & empowering teacher-essayist @meganstielstra.bsky.social is. So if you have stories inside you that you are terrified of writing and/or feel like they are clawing their way out of you, you should probably join me in January.
LET'S GO 🖊🔥
LET'S GO 🖊🔥
Proud to work with this incredible literary nonprofit & serve on its board. Congratulations to the whole staff for this deserved recognition of your work! 👏🏻
HUGE ANNOUCEMENT: We are beside ourselves with excitement to share with you that we've been awarded a $100,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Proud to work with this incredible literary nonprofit & serve on its board. Congratulations to the whole staff for this deserved recognition of your work! 👏🏻
In my first article for Newcity magazine, I spoke with @finejuli.bsky.social (writing as Margaux Eliot) about Honeymoon Stage, her "MTV reality show book" 🎬🌴💄
More on this witty & humorous romp through early aughts pop culture in the story linked below!
More on this witty & humorous romp through early aughts pop culture in the story linked below!
Julia Fine Takes Readers Behind the Reality Show Cameras in “Honeymoon Stage,” Writing as Margaux Eliot
For anyone who's ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the making of a reality show, Chicago author Julia Fine provides a look at the off-screen drama in her new novel, “Honeymoon Stage.”
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November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In my first article for Newcity magazine, I spoke with @finejuli.bsky.social (writing as Margaux Eliot) about Honeymoon Stage, her "MTV reality show book" 🎬🌴💄
More on this witty & humorous romp through early aughts pop culture in the story linked below!
More on this witty & humorous romp through early aughts pop culture in the story linked below!
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Thank you @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com !!!
For anyone who loves myths or American tall tales, check out @giano.bsky.social fantastical, heartfelt debut novel AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY! A great read. More in my first review for Newcity magazine, linked below. #NewBooks #booksky #BookReview #BookRecommendation
July 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Thank you @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com !!!
As someone who survived a major medical trauma, I really cannot recommend Small Rain enough. This book is a philosophical, nuanced, beautifully lyrical meditation on illness and survival and hope for what comes after. Heartfelt congrats @garthgreenwell.bsky.social on this deserved award!
Small Rain has won the PEN/Faulkner Award. I don’t know what to say, except that I’m very grateful to the judges, & very moved to see my book included alongside such excellent writers.
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
As someone who survived a major medical trauma, I really cannot recommend Small Rain enough. This book is a philosophical, nuanced, beautifully lyrical meditation on illness and survival and hope for what comes after. Heartfelt congrats @garthgreenwell.bsky.social on this deserved award!
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Thanks to Colvin House for hosting and the Book Cellar for selling books (and providing the book cover cake)! And thanks to everybody who came to @bethrooney.bsky.social's and my launch party for LEAF TOWN FOREVER from @uminnpress.bsky.social!
October 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Thanks to Colvin House for hosting and the Book Cellar for selling books (and providing the book cover cake)! And thanks to everybody who came to @bethrooney.bsky.social's and my launch party for LEAF TOWN FOREVER from @uminnpress.bsky.social!