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hello and tada!

I'm Erin Watson. I read, write, bike, and breathe in Chicago. The party popper is my favorite emoji: I aspire to be a tiny, powerful cone full of confetti in human form, cheering on my pals' achievements and my own enthusiasms. Drop me a line and let's chat about books, beverages, bicycles, birds, or whatever else comes to mind.

find me

Co-hosting Tuesday Funk, an eclectic multi-genre monthly reading series where I deliver a new highly specific toast every month.

Reading a good book from my public library or my overcrowded shelves.

Volunteering in solidarity with incarcerated people at Chicago Books to Women in Prison.

make zines

I love zines! I've made 'em about many things: Moomin characters as tarot cards, poetry, my favorite grocery store, dreams, and my dog's ratings of Mountain Goats songs, to name a few. You can find zines I've made at Uncharted Books or Quimby's in Chicago. I loathe doing capitalism but I'm always up for trades.

read words

Every couple months or whenever I dang well feel like it, I write an email about a poem or two. Some folks who think poems are mid still think these emails are good!

(Check out the archive if you want an email vibe check, and/or if you're a ride-or-die RSS bitch like me. 5ever pouring one out for Google Reader.)

& Meanwhile

I am persisting, more offline than not, in celebration of all that is ordinary, queer, and kind.