Between Homeland and Becoming American: A Review of Dominic Pacyga’s “American Warsaw”
Pacyga’s seventh book is a chronological account of how the Polish diaspora, the Polonia, established itself in Chicago.
A Year of Haiku Against Injustice: A Review of Khari B.’s “Haiku 4 Justice”
Khari B.’s compelling and necessary new book levels readers in unexpected ways.
Tension in the Details: A Review of Kimberly King Parsons’ Black Light
The futility of attempting to face down whatever the characters are dealing with heightens the conflict of each story.
Finding Home with Friends: A Review of Kate Wisel’s “Driving in Cars With Homeless Men”
Kate Wisel weaves together the stories of four young women as they experience desire, love, pain and abuse.
Time Travel Against Misogyny: A Review of “The Future of Another Timeline” by Annalee Newitz
Newitz’s good fight is unabashedly a feminist one, with an emphasis on racial and gender intersectionality.
The Branches and Roots of Policing: A Review of Laurence Ralph’s “The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence”
Laurence Ralph’s “The Torture Letters” chronicles the torture carried out by former police commander Jon Burge in Area Two.
Hovering in the Middle: Discussing “On Division” with Goldie Goldbloom
Goldie Goldbloom, Chassidic, a mother of eight, and a queer activist, speaks about her remarkable novel.
A Novel in the Key of Its Characters: A Review of “Jenny in Corona” by Stuart Ross
Ross crafts his characters to resemble the places they live and the misery they feel.
Art Held Hostage: A Review of “Hitler’s Last Hostages: Looted Art and the Soul of the Third Reich” by Mary M. Lane
The art world remains the “world’s largest legal but unregulated industry.”
What Happens on the Banks: Renny Golden’s “The Music of Her Rivers”
A work that that ties us together by water.
