GLASS LYRE PRESS
AUTHORS' POETRY
READINGS
Fatimah Asghar
(They/them)
Website: fatimahasghar.com
Poet, screenwriter, educator, and performer, Fatimah Asghar is a South-Asian American Muslim writer who cares less about genre and instead prioritizes the story that needs to be told and finds the best vehicle to tell it. They are the author of "Daughter of the Mountains," "If They Come For Us," "When We Were Sisters," and the chapbook "After."
Ignatius Valentine Aloysius
(He/Him/They)
Website: ignatiusaloysius.com
Ignatius Valentine Aloysius is named in Newcity Magazine's LIT50 list for "Who Really Books in Chicago, 2025." A naturalized U.S. citizen from India, he is a songwriter and the author of a novel and three poetry collections, including Bone Dust Mother, his newest collection from Glass Lyre Press. Ignatius hosts the popular reading series Sunday Salon Chicago, is a board member of Ragdale Foundation, and the curator and director of the inaugural South Asian American Literary Festival, 2026.
