Rachel Swearingen
rachelswearingen.bsky.social
Rachel Swearingen
@rachelswearingen.bsky.social
Author. HOW TO WALK ON WATER AND OTHER STORIES. Writer of short stories/essays/interviews/book reviews. Currently at work on a novel and several scripts. Chicagoan.

www.rachelswearingen.com
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This is going to be great! And it's all free 💜
August 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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A stellar line up of writers coming to my little corner of northeast Iowa.
August 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Friday w/ @rachelyoder.bsky.social, Mike Bazzett, William Russell, and Megan Mayhew Bergman.

Saturday w/ @giano.bsky.social @rachelswearingen.bsky.social, Jennie Case, @akwinji.bsky.social, LD Kidd, @chuyrenteria.bsky.social, Amy Weldon, and Katherine Hannigan, and another appearance by MMB.
August 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.

So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
February 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Here's a great opportunity for you, #writers! (Especially early career writers.)

Applications are open for the $20,000 DAG Prize for Literature.
A new $20,000 prize will recognize innovative prose by early-career writers.
Today, The DAG Foundation for the Arts, established by musicians Alyssa and Douglas Graham, announces the DAG Prize for Literature, a new annual prize that will award $20,000 to “an early-car…
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February 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Planning to be in Chicago over the next several weeks? Come see the world premiere of Susan Soon He Stanton's riveting modern fairytale, Cygnus. On stage at The Gift Theatre beginning February 6.
February 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM