Erin J. Watson is a queer Southern person living in Chicago. Her poems have appeared in Entropy Magazine and the chapbooks No… Read More
Noureen Hashim-Jiwani is a senior policy executive and public servant who believes government should empower communities rather than manage them.… Read More
Cean Gamalinda is a poet living in Rogers Park whose primary focus as of late has been emails. Read More
Jason Lydon is a Chicago-based Bostonian with a passion for getting people free from cages of all kinds - ICE detention centers,… Read More
Rudy Vecchia-Zeitz (they/he) is a trans-nonbinary activist who began volunteering in rape crisis work when he was 17, and has continued to… Read More
Jasmine Davila has appeared in venues both small and medium sized and, performing in live lit shows such as Tuesday Funk… Read More
Jenn Sodini grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and graduated from college in Amherst, MA, though she has lived in the heart of Wicker Park for many years since. She made her Chicago stage debut at Martyrs' with a Moth StorySLAM win, and is proud to host and co-produce The First Time there. She splits her time between consulting work, pinball, CHIRP Radio and telling tales around town, sometimes in public.
