Roberta Miles

by | Nov 13, 2019

Roberta Miles is a jazz singer, poet, writer, and visual artist. Her award-winning autobiographical monologues touch on growing up in Chicago in the 70’s and her life’s indiscretions and romantic regrets. Roberta chronicles her quest for mental and physical health...

Ruby Rosenthal

by ranorby | Mar 31, 2025

Ruby Rosenthal is a nonfiction writer based in Chicago. A 2024 Hollins University MFA grad, her work has been published in The Chicago Review of Books, HerStry, Defenestration, and elsewhere; she also publishes a weekly Substack called 52 Bad Essays. Ruby has told...

Sissi Zhu

by ranorby | Jul 7, 2025

Sissi...

Sora Rivers

by ranorby | Nov 19, 2024

Sora Rivers is an emerging artist working in poetry, collage, and film. She is an avid overthinker and often uses art and word as a safe space to spill and organize her inner musings. When not enjoying books, music, and psychology podcasts, she can usually be found...

Stephanie Lee Bourgeois

by | Feb 24, 2020

Stephanie Lee Bourgeois is a comedian, actor, and writer living in Chicago.  She has studied improv and sketch comedy at Second City and has also studied improve at Chicago’s Comedy...