Saturday, September 6th
12pm CT – Center Stage

Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. is the author of Chicago-set award-winning story collections Sacred Smokes and Sacred City; Sacred Folks, the final book in the trilogy, was published by the University of New Mexico Press in October 2024. He is the co-editor of the bestselling Never Whistle at Night from Vintage/Penguin Random House. His debut novel, The El, was recently published by Vintage/PRH August 2025. His work has appeared in Southwest Review, Chicago Review, The Journal of Working-Class Studies, Red Earth Review, Massachusetts Review, Indian Country Today, and elsewhere.