Bare-Knuckled Lit

Ian Belknap is a former actor and comedian. He is author of the solo shows Wide Open Beaver Shot of My Heart: A Comedy With a Body Count; Terminal Ferocity; Uncle Dad Is Rip-Shit, You Guys; and Bring Me the Head of James Franco, That I May Prepare a Savory Goulash in the Narrow and Misshapen Pot of His Skull. He is Founder and Overlord of WRITE CLUB, which launched in Chicago in 2010, and has since grown to have chapters in six North American cities with more on the way. Belknap contributes to the comedy sites irbyandian.com and scenemissingmagazine.com. He teaches writing independently and at StoryStudio Chicago. He has delivered presentations at TEDx Greenville, Chicago Writers' Conference, League of Chicago Theatres, Content Jam, and has performed at the Decatur (GA) Book Festival, the Chicago Humanities Festival, the Rhinoceros Theatre Festival, Filet of Solo Festival, and the Poetry Foundation, to name but a few. Lindsay Muscato is a co-producer of WRITE CLUB. She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism and has written for magazines and websites in Chicago, New York, D.C., and Phnom Penh. She lives in Chicago. Samantha Irby is the author of Meaty (Curbside Splendor Publishing, 2013), a collection of essays from her blog Bitches Gotta Eat. She is the curator and host of the live-lit reading series, Guts and Glory. She lives in Chicago.