Maud Lavin
@maudlavin.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Chicago, always. Author MERMAIDS AND LAZY ACTIVISTS, CUT WITH THE KITCHEN KNIFE, CLEAN NEW WORLD, PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, SILENCES, OHIO, Ed 3 anthologies, Gugg Fellow
Chicago pals, plz come by Haymarket House Tuesday Sept 30, 6:30+! Event is free but they ask that you sign up for head count--https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1852890
September 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Chicago pals, plz come by Haymarket House Tuesday Sept 30, 6:30+! Event is free but they ask that you sign up for head count--https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1852890
My first full-length poetry book SWIM LESSONS comes out Sept 2 from Tulipwood in Seattle. Now available for pre-order. Tulipwood.org
And my author’s copies have arrived!
And my author’s copies have arrived!
August 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My first full-length poetry book SWIM LESSONS comes out Sept 2 from Tulipwood in Seattle. Now available for pre-order. Tulipwood.org
And my author’s copies have arrived!
And my author’s copies have arrived!
All the cool kids are reading Mermaids and Lazy Activists this summer! 🧜♀️
July 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
All the cool kids are reading Mermaids and Lazy Activists this summer! 🧜♀️
Excited to announce that my first full-length poetry book, SWIM LESSONS, will be published Sept. 2 by Tulipwood Books in Seattle! 10 percent off preorder purchases directly from tulipwood.org, made by Aug. 1.
July 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Excited to announce that my first full-length poetry book, SWIM LESSONS, will be published Sept. 2 by Tulipwood Books in Seattle! 10 percent off preorder purchases directly from tulipwood.org, made by Aug. 1.
Big thanks to Melissa Flores Anderson for her astute and generous review out today in Roi Faineant!
June 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Big thanks to Melissa Flores Anderson for her astute and generous review out today in Roi Faineant!
This Friday, Perrysburg, Ohio, 6:30+, reading from and chatting about Mermaids and Lazy Activists at Gathering Volumes! 🧜♀️💙
June 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This Friday, Perrysburg, Ohio, 6:30+, reading from and chatting about Mermaids and Lazy Activists at Gathering Volumes! 🧜♀️💙
Hi all in Chicago! You’re warmly invited:
Tarot and Mermaids
Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine, in Pilsen
Free Tarot readings by Claire Pentecost and Maud Lavin, first come, first served
Copies of Maud’s eco-novel Mermaids and Lazy Activists, From Beyond Press, for sale
Tarot and Mermaids
Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine, in Pilsen
Free Tarot readings by Claire Pentecost and Maud Lavin, first come, first served
Copies of Maud’s eco-novel Mermaids and Lazy Activists, From Beyond Press, for sale
June 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Hi all in Chicago! You’re warmly invited:
Tarot and Mermaids
Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine, in Pilsen
Free Tarot readings by Claire Pentecost and Maud Lavin, first come, first served
Copies of Maud’s eco-novel Mermaids and Lazy Activists, From Beyond Press, for sale
Tarot and Mermaids
Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine, in Pilsen
Free Tarot readings by Claire Pentecost and Maud Lavin, first come, first served
Copies of Maud’s eco-novel Mermaids and Lazy Activists, From Beyond Press, for sale
Traverse City friends, come by tmrw—Sunday, for this book party for Mermaids and Lazy Activists! Workshop Brewing, 6-8! 💙🧜♀️💙🧜♀️
June 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Traverse City friends, come by tmrw—Sunday, for this book party for Mermaids and Lazy Activists! Workshop Brewing, 6-8! 💙🧜♀️💙🧜♀️
Good news—SILENCES, OHIO is now for sale at Buddy’s in the Chicago Cultural Center. Shown here with the infamous Sara!
May 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Good news—SILENCES, OHIO is now for sale at Buddy’s in the Chicago Cultural Center. Shown here with the infamous Sara!
What the what-ie?! Another party? This one in Traverse City, MI on Sunday, June 1?! You’re all warmly invited! xx🧜♀️💙
May 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What the what-ie?! Another party? This one in Traverse City, MI on Sunday, June 1?! You’re all warmly invited! xx🧜♀️💙
Reading at the Chicago book launch of Mermaids and Lazy Activists! Me and Rachel DeWoskin 🧜♀️💙Fun.
May 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Reading at the Chicago book launch of Mermaids and Lazy Activists! Me and Rachel DeWoskin 🧜♀️💙Fun.
All the cool mermaids hang out at Chicago’s Sandmeyer’s Books and other swell bookstores. @frombeyondpress.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
All the cool mermaids hang out at Chicago’s Sandmeyer’s Books and other swell bookstores. @frombeyondpress.bsky.social
Today is the pub date for MERMAIDS AND LAZY ACTIVISTS!!! Part of every book sale goes to FLOW: For Love of Water! Available at @frombeyondpress.bsky.social Bookshop Amazon and cool bookstores like Sandmeyer’s! 🧜♀️💙🧜♀️💙xx
May 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today is the pub date for MERMAIDS AND LAZY ACTIVISTS!!! Part of every book sale goes to FLOW: For Love of Water! Available at @frombeyondpress.bsky.social Bookshop Amazon and cool bookstores like Sandmeyer’s! 🧜♀️💙🧜♀️💙xx
Chicago pals! Book party on Wed, May 21, 6-8, at The Whistler in Logan Square! Come on by. 🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️💙💙💙xxx Treats from Tropicake and, natch, the cool kids.
May 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Chicago pals! Book party on Wed, May 21, 6-8, at The Whistler in Logan Square! Come on by. 🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️💙💙💙xxx Treats from Tropicake and, natch, the cool kids.
Still 3 days before pub date but the cool kids are already purchasing MERMAIDS AND LAZY ACTIVISTS!
May 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Still 3 days before pub date but the cool kids are already purchasing MERMAIDS AND LAZY ACTIVISTS!
Chicago friends, see you Sat at 2:00 at Printers Row Wine! xxx
May 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Chicago friends, see you Sat at 2:00 at Printers Row Wine! xxx
This Sat, May 10, Chicago! 💙
May 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This Sat, May 10, Chicago! 💙
Pub date May 13 but early copies of my novel Mermaids and Lazy Activists are here! Publishers Weekly calls it “a thoughtful climate manifesto.” Plus it’s funny.
April 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Pub date May 13 but early copies of my novel Mermaids and Lazy Activists are here! Publishers Weekly calls it “a thoughtful climate manifesto.” Plus it’s funny.
Chicago pals, coming up fast! Please join us May 10 at 2:00 at Printers Row Wine for a truly outstanding line up of writers reading and delicious wines! xo
April 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Chicago pals, coming up fast! Please join us May 10 at 2:00 at Printers Row Wine for a truly outstanding line up of writers reading and delicious wines! xo
Chicago. The next READINGS event
Is Sat, May 10, 2:00+. Come by for delicious words and wine!
Is Sat, May 10, 2:00+. Come by for delicious words and wine!
April 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Chicago. The next READINGS event
Is Sat, May 10, 2:00+. Come by for delicious words and wine!
Is Sat, May 10, 2:00+. Come by for delicious words and wine!
This Sat, Chicago! March 15, 2:00+, wonderful writers, wine, warmth at Printer’s Row Wine. We’ll be glad to see you there!
March 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This Sat, Chicago! March 15, 2:00+, wonderful writers, wine, warmth at Printer’s Row Wine. We’ll be glad to see you there!
Chicago! Coming up Sat, March 15, 2:00+ READINGS at Printers Row Wine in the South Loop! Wonderful authors, delicious wines, warm company—see you there. xx
March 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Chicago! Coming up Sat, March 15, 2:00+ READINGS at Printers Row Wine in the South Loop! Wonderful authors, delicious wines, warm company—see you there. xx
Please consider preordering my new novel MERMAIDS AND LAZY ACTIVISTS directly from the wonderful indie press frombeyondpress.com — a portion of every sale goes to the nonprofit FLOW: For Love of Water which protects the Great Lakes. Big thanks to poet Tim Moder for supporting!
February 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Please consider preordering my new novel MERMAIDS AND LAZY ACTIVISTS directly from the wonderful indie press frombeyondpress.com — a portion of every sale goes to the nonprofit FLOW: For Love of Water which protects the Great Lakes. Big thanks to poet Tim Moder for supporting!
Please consider pre-ordering my novel Mermaids and Lazy Activists at frombeyondpress.com! Part of every sale goes to the nonprofit FLOW: For Love of Water which works to protect Great Lakes water. My thanks to Susan Orlean for her endorsement!
February 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Please consider pre-ordering my novel Mermaids and Lazy Activists at frombeyondpress.com! Part of every sale goes to the nonprofit FLOW: For Love of Water which works to protect Great Lakes water. My thanks to Susan Orlean for her endorsement!
Chicago, please save the date for the next READINGS at Printers Row Wine in the South Loop! Sat., March 15, 2:00+ Outstanding writers, wonderful wine, warm community. See you there!
February 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Chicago, please save the date for the next READINGS at Printers Row Wine in the South Loop! Sat., March 15, 2:00+ Outstanding writers, wonderful wine, warm community. See you there!