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Amy Guth
Social Media Manager
My Role

Social media manager. Radio host at 720 WGN.
My Biography

In addition to her role at the Tribune, Guth is author of the novel "Three Fallen Women" (2006) and is included in the anthologies "What Happened to us These Last Couple of Years?" and "6S, Vol. 2." Her short fiction piece, "Feet In Socks" was was named among StorySouth's notable stories and was a Million Writers Award nominee. Her work can also be found in The Believer, Jewcy, Bookslut, PerformInk and Monkeybicycle among others.

Guth has spoken at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival, the (Downtown) Omaha Lit Fest, The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival and at events for the Independent Writers of Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Cigar Society of Chicago and the Printers Ball. In 2007, founded Pilcrow Lit Fest, a local small press literary festival. Guth is a co-host of the Chicago reading series Reading Under The Influence, now in its fifth year.

Previously, Guth served as digital news editor for the Tribun'es books section and founded the local literary blog, Chicago Subtext, for the Tribune's Chicago Now blog network, where she also served as founding Life and Style community manager. Guth also served as a guest editor for University of Nebraska's 2007 River Teeth Book Prize, as managing editor for So New Media and literary magazine The Complete Mea,l and co-wrote several sketch productions at Second City's training center and other improv venues, including "Anton Chekhov's Bastard Child" which was performed in Chicago from 2002-4. Guth also served as assistant fiction editor at 42 Opus, and founded and curated Chicago's Fixx Reading Series.
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