Taste of Switchback: A Beer and Poetry Pairing Event in Chicago
Join Switchback Books for an evening of unlimited craft beer tastings, expertly paired and presented alongside poems from Switchback...
Switchback Books at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Tomorrow
Join Switchback Books from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM this Thursday, September 5, 2013 at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum for Jane Addams' Birthday...
On HTML Giant today: Marisa Crawford and Jennifer Tamayo Making People Care About Poetry
Who made you care about poetry in 2013? Maybe it was one of the same people who made JD Scott care? Switchback authors Marisa Crawford...
Staff Profile: Jennifer Tatum
1. What do you do for Switchback? This, right here! I will be managing the blog, the Facebook page and Twitter. As a regular Switchback...
"Loving Poetry Without Writing It" by Elle Collins
I'm slightly concerned, as I begin this editorial, that it might turn into a kind of humblebrag: It's strange and difficult to be as...


Switchback around town.
Switchback Books spent Saturday and Sunday peddling our wares in the Small Press Tent at Chicago's Printers Row Lit Fest. Meanwhile, our...
Last Day to Submit to the Gatewood Prize
Just a friendly reminder that you have until midnight tonight to submit to the Gatewood Prize, Switchback Books' annual competition for a...


"Downvoting the Good Lawyer" by Daniela Olszewska
A few weeks ago, I went through a five minute registration process on NPR's website just so I could downvote the comment pictured above...


Marisa Crawford on Thelma & Louise
We called it a horror movie. Because of the end. Because they almost made it. Because they maybe could’ve made it. Because they never...
"In Praise of Inefficiency, Or: Why I Love Reading for the Gatewood Prize" by S. Whitney H
When I joined the staff of Switchback Books in 2009, I was excited to be a part of something that combined a strong mission in which I...