Gretchen Kalwinski

ARTIST BIO:

Gretchen Kalwinski is a Chicago writer and editor. In 2007, she co-founded the popular literary site Literago.org; (read her posts here ), and her work has appeared in Stop Smiling, The Chicago Reader, The Chicagaon, Make Magazine, Venus Zine, Punk Planet, Paterson Literary Review, THE2NDHAND, Time Out Chicago, Proximity Magazine, and Featherproof Books.

An active member of the Chicago literary community, she frequently reads her work at reading series such as Reconstruction Room; Dollar Store; Second Story, Third Person; and for the Guild Complex and Quimby’s Bookstore. She has also made various art-and-literature-related media appearances on the PBS program Chicago Tonight, various WGN and WLUW radio/video programs, and the Bad at Sports podcast. In 2009, she was awarded a Ragdale Artist Residency for her short fiction. The Chicago Sun Times has praised her work, saying, “Kalwinski has a lovely way with imagery and carries you along.”

Currently, Gretchen is an MFA student at Northwestern University and at work on her first novel. No one has ever beaten her in the board game Rubik’s Race but she is taking challengers. For information about new work and readings, check her blog.