Dreamy in a Sinister Way: A Review of “Valleyesque”
Many of his subjects have Latin American roots and all the stories in the collection take place on the border of Mexico and Texas.
Community Pride: A Review of A House For the Struggle: The Black Press & the Built Environment in Chicago
Chicago’s Black press and vision from 1905 to 1977
Tough Odds: A Review of Dick Simpson’s “Democracy’s Rebirth: The View from Chicago”
The book looks at the current threats to our nation and imagines how they could be solved through better education, hard work, campaign finance reform, and a sense of civic virtue.
Sense of Wonder: A Review of Destination Heartland, A Guide to Discovering the Midwest’s Remarkable Past
Clampitt identifies twelve states she’ll send you out to explore.
Why Are We So “Ill?”: A Review of Sarah Fay’s “Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses”
Sarah Fay’s nonfiction debut is just as much about place as it is about mental illness and misdiagnosis.
A Special Voice: A Review of Emma Grove’s “The Third Person”
This graphic memoir is a transgender narrative about untangling trauma toward a certain truth, but it’s also about the trauma created in the untangling.
From Folklore To Foster Care: A Review of “A Tiny Upward Shove” by Melissa Chadburn
Chadburn’s bold debut recounts the short life of eighteen-year-old Marina.
Land As Legacy: A Review of “Mecca” by Susan Straight
“Mecca” is a modern American epic that is as rich and vast as its Southern California landscape.
Haunted Library: A Review of Samantha Hunt’s “The Unwritten Book”
“The Unwritten Book” is a meditation on haunting. Ghosts, in life and on the page, are ultimately about conversations with the dead.
Demolitions Expert: A Review of Alexander MacLeod’s Animal Person
When you read “Animal Person,” take it a story at a time.
