‘I Might Have Cast a Love Spell’ in New York Times

A third autobiographical note has been published in the Tiny Love Stories series. Casting My Love Spell A week before our first date, I wrote a list of everything I wanted in a partner and tucked it into my wallet. On our fifth anniversary, I told Ed...

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New book: Ghosts Walk Differently

William J. O’Brien’s newest publication, Ghosts Walk Differently: A Lyrical Apocalypse in 100 Questions, was published by Shadow Work Press in August 2025.   This 80 page full color book moves between elegy and satire, posing one hundred haunting questions about survival, memory, and transformation in the...

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Exhibition at Governors State University

William J. O'Brien: From Here to There   Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park and Visual Arts Gallery at Governor's State University will be hosting a wide-ranging exhibition of work in their gallery space in University Park, IL.   October 1 - November 14, 2025 Governor's State University 1 University Parkway, University Park,...

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Work featured in City in a Garden exhibition at MCA Chicago

City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago   Jul 05, 2025 - May 31, 2026   City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago is an intergenerational group exhibition that highlights Chicago’s essential, yet often underacknowledged, role in the story of queer art and activism....

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Mural unveiling May 22nd in downtown Hyde Park

Chicago Public Art Group and Special Service Area 61 Hyde Park has commissioned the studio to create a mural design for the 53rd and 55th street viaducts at Lake Park Avenue in Hyde Park. The Hyde Park viaduct panel restoration program features mural projects printed...

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