Data-Driven: Review of “Beyond Measure” by Rachel Z. Arndt
“When the numbers change, so does the woman.”
So Easy to Love: Mahogany L. Browne discusses “Black Girl Magic”
Poems published in journals today have double work to do. Because the gatekeepers are changing and the landscape is changing and the idea that social status and pedigree holding space for mediocrity is no longer accepted. So yeah, good luck on reading that incredibly tight and creatively dead piece of art—we’ll see whose soul it saves.
Trixie in the Weeds: A Review of “Hot Mess”
Chicago food blogger Emily Belden’s debut novel “Hot Mess” is a camera-ready beach read for the couch.
Gazing at our Reflections: Alicia Eler contemplates “The Selfie Generation”
The selfie… a way for disempowered people to control their self-image, an anarchic antidote to structures of sexuality and money and power.
Petrified: A Review of “Daphne” by Will Boast
“Daphne” is a startling debut novel.
Emotional Workings of the Human Heart: A Review of “A Distant Heart” by Sonali Dev
What boundaries will parents cross to secure their child’s life?
An Intellectual Carnival: A review of “Chicago Renaissance” by Liesl Olson
Olson’s most remarkable accomplishment, among many in this extraordinary book, is that she allows the reader to feel the thrill in creation.
Lit Top 5: January 2018
Literary readings, discussions and celebrations to kick off 2018.
America on Air and Screen: A Review of the “Big Ideas in Popular Culture” Anthology
“There are any number of times during the interminable two hours and seventeen minutes of running time when I felt like my soul would shrivel up and die.”
Radical Black Feminism for Now: A Review of “How We Get Free” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
The history of black feminism in the United States and the relevance of the Combahee River Collective’s mission
