1st Annual Northfield Literary Salon
Schedule
Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
204 3rd Street West, Northfield, MN, United States, Minnesota 55057 | Northfield, MN
GWEN E. KIRBY is the author of the short story collection Shit Cassandra Saw and her stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Story, Lit Hub, Electric Literature, One Story, Guernica, and elsewhere. She has an MFA from Johns Hopkins University, a PhD from the University of Cincinnati, and is an assistant professor of English at Carleton College.
THADRA SHERIDAN is a poet, essayist, columnist, teacher, and performer from Minneapolis, MN. She has been published in the Star and Tribune, the Skyway News, Moxie Magazine, Rattle, and several anthologies. She has won awards for her writing from the Faulkner Society and the National League of American Pen Women. Her work has been featured on the final episode of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, Minnesota Public Radio, UpWorthy, Button Poetry, and venues across the country, including San Quentin Penitentiary, where she scored serious points talking about her terrible taste in men. She has been a member of four National Poetry Slam Teams, featured at ForWord Girls, the first ever all-female spoken word festival in San Francisco and won LA’s first all-female Redhots Slam.
JOHN JODZIO'S work has been featured in a variety of places including This American Life, McSweeney's, and New York Magazine. He's the author of the short story collections, Knockout, Get In If You Want To Live, and If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home. He lives in St. Paul with his wife Nina and some kids and a dog. He is a fiscal year 2025 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.












