The Mirror Faces of Love and Loss: A Review of Laurie Easter’s “All the Leavings”
“All the Leavings” explores motherhood and feminism, illness and addiction, suicide and climate change, and the nuanced nature of loss that’s laced throughout them.
The Sun Is Still In the Sky: A Review of Miriam Toews’ “Fight Night”
A deeply heartwarming glimpse of the bonds between mothers and daughters and grandmothers and granddaughters.
No Such Thing As A Free House: An Interview with Anne Elizabeth Moore
Anne Elizabeth Moore’s memoir “Gentrifier” is the result of the catastrophe that was a free house.
A New Way of Living: A Review of Abby Hagler’s There Was Nothing Left But Gold
Equal parts elegy to a lost home and road map to new ways of living, “There Was Nothing Left But Gold” embarks on a journey without knowing the destination.
No Saint: A Review of Alverne Ball’s Blue Religion
Calhoun navigates multiple worlds. We see him move through a case that pits West Side gangster Chicago against monied North Side businessmen.
Tenacity Required: A Review of “My Monticello”
In Jocelyn Nicole Johnson’s bold collection of fiction, the author explores the vulnerability of Black Americans and the tenacity required to live in this country.
Within Reach: Jonathan Franzen’s Midwestern Ethos
Where exactly does the Midwest begin or end? Is it a physical region or some sort of understanding?
Lit Top 5: October 2021
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Independent Thinking: A Review of “Invention: A Life”
A two-fold tension runs throughout the book: Dyson’s persistence and creativity in solving engineering and design challenges, and his run-ins with British institutions and cultural prejudices about manufacturing
Across Time and Space: A Review of “The Book of Form and Emptiness” by Ruth Ozeki
Ozeki embraces the reader in her accessible prose as if inviting a friend on an exciting new adventure.
