Top 5 Chicago Literary Cameos (and supporting roles) “The Instructions,” Adam Levin (McSweeney’s) “Saul Bellow: Letters,” Ed. Benjamin Taylor (Penguin Classics) “Wilson,” Daniel Clowes (Drawn and Quarterly) “The November Criminals,” Sam Munson (Doubleday) “Slut Lullabies,” Gina Frangello (Emergency Press) —Rachel Sugar
Top 5 Film Books “Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition,” Jonathan Rosenbaum “Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo,” Werner Herzog “The Foreign Film Renaissance on American Screens, 1946-1973,” Tino Balio “Another Fine Mess: A History Of American Film Comedy,” Saul Austerlitz “The New Biographical Dictionary Of Film,” David Thomson —Ray Pride
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Top 5 Chicago Literary Cameos (and supporting roles)
