Grady Chambers
@grady-chambers.bsky.social
Author of the novel GREAT DISASTERS (coming 9-30-2025 from Tin House Books), and the poetry collection North American Stadiums (Milkweed Ed.).
Stories and poems have appeared in the The Atlantic, The Paris Review, Joyland, Ploughshares, & elsewhere : )
Stories and poems have appeared in the The Atlantic, The Paris Review, Joyland, Ploughshares, & elsewhere : )
"There is a gold light in certain old paintings..." ❤️
Donald Justice
Donald Justice
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"There is a gold light in certain old paintings..." ❤️
Donald Justice
Donald Justice
It was my good fortune to get to talk with Tyler Kline at @adroitjournal.bsky.social about Great Disasters, movies, Mad Men, Midwest mythologizing, and I snuck in a couple book and movie recommendations as well ✌
Full interview here:
theadroitjournal.org/2025/12/03/a...
Full interview here:
theadroitjournal.org/2025/12/03/a...
December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It was my good fortune to get to talk with Tyler Kline at @adroitjournal.bsky.social about Great Disasters, movies, Mad Men, Midwest mythologizing, and I snuck in a couple book and movie recommendations as well ✌
Full interview here:
theadroitjournal.org/2025/12/03/a...
Full interview here:
theadroitjournal.org/2025/12/03/a...
Very grateful to @literaryhub.bsky.social for giving me the chance to shout out Four Loko circa 2011 and speculate a bit about the swirl of things that gave rise to Great Disasters 🤩
Full interview here, replete w recitations of questionably sourced Jewish proverbs: lithub.com/lit-hub-asks...
Full interview here, replete w recitations of questionably sourced Jewish proverbs: lithub.com/lit-hub-asks...
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Very grateful to @literaryhub.bsky.social for giving me the chance to shout out Four Loko circa 2011 and speculate a bit about the swirl of things that gave rise to Great Disasters 🤩
Full interview here, replete w recitations of questionably sourced Jewish proverbs: lithub.com/lit-hub-asks...
Full interview here, replete w recitations of questionably sourced Jewish proverbs: lithub.com/lit-hub-asks...
Twin Cities folks: if you're able, come out next Wednesday to Open Book, where I'll read from Great Disasters (@tinhouse.bsky.social) and be in conversation with Aamina Ahmad 💥💥💥
Presented by @milkweededitions.bsky.social, the event is totally free, but pls RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/milkweed-p...
Presented by @milkweededitions.bsky.social, the event is totally free, but pls RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/milkweed-p...
October 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Twin Cities folks: if you're able, come out next Wednesday to Open Book, where I'll read from Great Disasters (@tinhouse.bsky.social) and be in conversation with Aamina Ahmad 💥💥💥
Presented by @milkweededitions.bsky.social, the event is totally free, but pls RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/milkweed-p...
Presented by @milkweededitions.bsky.social, the event is totally free, but pls RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/milkweed-p...
My great thanks to Wendy J. Fox and @electricliterature.com
for these words about Great Disasters 💥💥💥
Full article here: electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...
for these words about Great Disasters 💥💥💥
Full article here: electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...
October 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My great thanks to Wendy J. Fox and @electricliterature.com
for these words about Great Disasters 💥💥💥
Full article here: electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...
for these words about Great Disasters 💥💥💥
Full article here: electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...
Chicago--I'll be reading from Great Disasters (@tinhouse.bsky.social) tonight at Volumes Books in Wicker Park, and will be joined by dear friend, bringer of literary insight, and outstanding writer Ben Hoffman.
Come on out if you're free and in the mood. Hope to see you there, or soon! 💐
Come on out if you're free and in the mood. Hope to see you there, or soon! 💐
October 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Chicago--I'll be reading from Great Disasters (@tinhouse.bsky.social) tonight at Volumes Books in Wicker Park, and will be joined by dear friend, bringer of literary insight, and outstanding writer Ben Hoffman.
Come on out if you're free and in the mood. Hope to see you there, or soon! 💐
Come on out if you're free and in the mood. Hope to see you there, or soon! 💐
It is one of the truest joys of my life that Great Disasters is officially out today from @tinhouse.bsky.social 💥
I am profoundly grateful to the press, and to editor Elizabeth DeMeo, whose wisdom and insight did so much to help this book become.
tinhouse.com/book/great-d... ❤️
I am profoundly grateful to the press, and to editor Elizabeth DeMeo, whose wisdom and insight did so much to help this book become.
tinhouse.com/book/great-d... ❤️
September 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It is one of the truest joys of my life that Great Disasters is officially out today from @tinhouse.bsky.social 💥
I am profoundly grateful to the press, and to editor Elizabeth DeMeo, whose wisdom and insight did so much to help this book become.
tinhouse.com/book/great-d... ❤️
I am profoundly grateful to the press, and to editor Elizabeth DeMeo, whose wisdom and insight did so much to help this book become.
tinhouse.com/book/great-d... ❤️
Phila > New York > Chicago > Los Angeles > San Francisco > & more! as they say.
GD comes out next week (🤩) - if I’m coming to your city, I would so love to see you / meet you, and there’ll be some kind of afterparty for each to continue the revelry.
gradychambers.com/upcoming-rea...
GD comes out next week (🤩) - if I’m coming to your city, I would so love to see you / meet you, and there’ll be some kind of afterparty for each to continue the revelry.
gradychambers.com/upcoming-rea...
September 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Phila > New York > Chicago > Los Angeles > San Francisco > & more! as they say.
GD comes out next week (🤩) - if I’m coming to your city, I would so love to see you / meet you, and there’ll be some kind of afterparty for each to continue the revelry.
gradychambers.com/upcoming-rea...
GD comes out next week (🤩) - if I’m coming to your city, I would so love to see you / meet you, and there’ll be some kind of afterparty for each to continue the revelry.
gradychambers.com/upcoming-rea...
I looked up from my life to realize today is 3 weeks until the publication of GREAT DISASTERS, coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social on Tuesday 9-30 ♥️
The novel follows six friends coming of age in Chicago in the wake of 9/11.
For upcoming readings & more info: gradychambers.com/upcoming-rea...
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The novel follows six friends coming of age in Chicago in the wake of 9/11.
For upcoming readings & more info: gradychambers.com/upcoming-rea...
✨
September 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I looked up from my life to realize today is 3 weeks until the publication of GREAT DISASTERS, coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social on Tuesday 9-30 ♥️
The novel follows six friends coming of age in Chicago in the wake of 9/11.
For upcoming readings & more info: gradychambers.com/upcoming-rea...
✨
The novel follows six friends coming of age in Chicago in the wake of 9/11.
For upcoming readings & more info: gradychambers.com/upcoming-rea...
✨
It is such a special thing to see this write-up on GREAT DISASTERS in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social's Must-Read Books of September list.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/1...
GD is out from @tinhouse.bsky.social on September 30th! More on the book at tinhouse.com/book/great-d... 🌺
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/1...
GD is out from @tinhouse.bsky.social on September 30th! More on the book at tinhouse.com/book/great-d... 🌺
September 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It is such a special thing to see this write-up on GREAT DISASTERS in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social's Must-Read Books of September list.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/1...
GD is out from @tinhouse.bsky.social on September 30th! More on the book at tinhouse.com/book/great-d... 🌺
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/1...
GD is out from @tinhouse.bsky.social on September 30th! More on the book at tinhouse.com/book/great-d... 🌺
I looked at the one today and was reminded of the other, for whatever reason. Both incredible to me 🙌
September 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I looked at the one today and was reminded of the other, for whatever reason. Both incredible to me 🙌
Thanks to @tinhouse.bsky.social for this spotlight on GREAT DISASTERS 💫 🌺 💫
Set in Chicago against the backdrop of 9/11 & the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's an intimate story about friendship, love, protest, & diverging paths. Coming your way Sept. 30th!
bsky.app/profile/tinh...
Set in Chicago against the backdrop of 9/11 & the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's an intimate story about friendship, love, protest, & diverging paths. Coming your way Sept. 30th!
bsky.app/profile/tinh...
August 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks to @tinhouse.bsky.social for this spotlight on GREAT DISASTERS 💫 🌺 💫
Set in Chicago against the backdrop of 9/11 & the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's an intimate story about friendship, love, protest, & diverging paths. Coming your way Sept. 30th!
bsky.app/profile/tinh...
Set in Chicago against the backdrop of 9/11 & the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's an intimate story about friendship, love, protest, & diverging paths. Coming your way Sept. 30th!
bsky.app/profile/tinh...
🎶"Just got [spayed], it's Friday night, party huntin', feelin riiiight"🎶
Johnny Kemp - "Just got Paid": www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1m...
Johnny Kemp - "Just got Paid": www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1m...
August 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🎶"Just got [spayed], it's Friday night, party huntin', feelin riiiight"🎶
Johnny Kemp - "Just got Paid": www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1m...
Johnny Kemp - "Just got Paid": www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1m...
When I saw that "Fox and Friends" was trending this is where my mind went:
(@criterion.bsky.social 🥂)
(@criterion.bsky.social 🥂)
August 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When I saw that "Fox and Friends" was trending this is where my mind went:
(@criterion.bsky.social 🥂)
(@criterion.bsky.social 🥂)
Over on goodreads, @tinhouse.bsky.social is giving away 50 free copies of GREAT DISASTERS 🌟❤️🌟
The book is set largely in Chicago in the wake of 9/11--sign up at the link to win a free copy, or pre-order from Tin House 🥂
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
tinhouse.com/book/great-d...
The book is set largely in Chicago in the wake of 9/11--sign up at the link to win a free copy, or pre-order from Tin House 🥂
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
tinhouse.com/book/great-d...
August 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Over on goodreads, @tinhouse.bsky.social is giving away 50 free copies of GREAT DISASTERS 🌟❤️🌟
The book is set largely in Chicago in the wake of 9/11--sign up at the link to win a free copy, or pre-order from Tin House 🥂
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
tinhouse.com/book/great-d...
The book is set largely in Chicago in the wake of 9/11--sign up at the link to win a free copy, or pre-order from Tin House 🥂
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
tinhouse.com/book/great-d...
"For a moment I fell asleep, right while I was driving...Glaciers had crushed this region in the time before history. There'd been a drought for years, and a bronze fog of dust stood over the plains. It felt like the moment before the Savior comes." - from Denis Johnson's "Dundun" ❤️
July 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"For a moment I fell asleep, right while I was driving...Glaciers had crushed this region in the time before history. There'd been a drought for years, and a bronze fog of dust stood over the plains. It felt like the moment before the Savior comes." - from Denis Johnson's "Dundun" ❤️
My great thanks to the editors of Flaunt Magazine for including the opening paragraphs of GREAT DISASTERS in their summer issue 💫!
Check out their sweet compendium of fashion, photographs, art, & interviews at the link. GD coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social on September 30th 🌸
www.flaunt.com
Check out their sweet compendium of fashion, photographs, art, & interviews at the link. GD coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social on September 30th 🌸
www.flaunt.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My great thanks to the editors of Flaunt Magazine for including the opening paragraphs of GREAT DISASTERS in their summer issue 💫!
Check out their sweet compendium of fashion, photographs, art, & interviews at the link. GD coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social on September 30th 🌸
www.flaunt.com
Check out their sweet compendium of fashion, photographs, art, & interviews at the link. GD coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social on September 30th 🌸
www.flaunt.com
From Jacques Rozier's beautiful "Near Orouet" ❤️
July 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
From Jacques Rozier's beautiful "Near Orouet" ❤️
Me, who does not have the day off, responding to my boss's email:
July 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Me, who does not have the day off, responding to my boss's email:
Katherine Lewis, "Swimmers" 🌺
July 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Katherine Lewis, "Swimmers" 🌺
So happy to see Great Disasters (coming your way from @tinhouse.bsky.social) featured on @literaryhub.bsky.social 's list of the fall's most anticipated books ❤️
Great Disasters is available for pre-order at tinhouse.com/book/great-d... - Coming September 30th
Great Disasters is available for pre-order at tinhouse.com/book/great-d... - Coming September 30th
July 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So happy to see Great Disasters (coming your way from @tinhouse.bsky.social) featured on @literaryhub.bsky.social 's list of the fall's most anticipated books ❤️
Great Disasters is available for pre-order at tinhouse.com/book/great-d... - Coming September 30th
Great Disasters is available for pre-order at tinhouse.com/book/great-d... - Coming September 30th
My great thanks to @debutiful.bsky.social for featuring GREAT DISASTERS on their list of most anticipated books ⭐
Here's page one from the book as well--coming September 2025 from @tinhouse.bsky.social --preorder info at the link : )
tinhouse.com/book/great-d...
Here's page one from the book as well--coming September 2025 from @tinhouse.bsky.social --preorder info at the link : )
tinhouse.com/book/great-d...
June 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My great thanks to @debutiful.bsky.social for featuring GREAT DISASTERS on their list of most anticipated books ⭐
Here's page one from the book as well--coming September 2025 from @tinhouse.bsky.social --preorder info at the link : )
tinhouse.com/book/great-d...
Here's page one from the book as well--coming September 2025 from @tinhouse.bsky.social --preorder info at the link : )
tinhouse.com/book/great-d...
James Wright ❤️
June 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
James Wright ❤️
Spent 10 minutes this afternoon admiring the aesthetics of men in Renoir paintings and now I own a straw hat 🤦♀️
June 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Spent 10 minutes this afternoon admiring the aesthetics of men in Renoir paintings and now I own a straw hat 🤦♀️
A small joy of writing the "Visit to Riverhead" section of Great Disasters (@tinhouse.bsky.social, September 2025) was finding a way to bring my great love of “Ulysses” into the book.
“Hate. Love. Those are names. Rudy. Soon I am old.”
Happy Bloomsday ❤️
“Hate. Love. Those are names. Rudy. Soon I am old.”
Happy Bloomsday ❤️
June 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A small joy of writing the "Visit to Riverhead" section of Great Disasters (@tinhouse.bsky.social, September 2025) was finding a way to bring my great love of “Ulysses” into the book.
“Hate. Love. Those are names. Rudy. Soon I am old.”
Happy Bloomsday ❤️
“Hate. Love. Those are names. Rudy. Soon I am old.”
Happy Bloomsday ❤️