Without Pretense or Throne: A Review of Peter Kahn’s Little Kings
Kahn has carved out his place as a beloved educator in the Chicago area by mentoring and teaching young poets.
A Sense of Peace: A Review of Juditha Dowd’s Audubon’s Sparrow: A Biography-in-Poems
Juditha Dowd reimagines the love affair and marriage between Lucy Bakewell and ornithologist John James Audubon.
Churchill’s Darling Clementine: A Review of Marie Benedict’s Lady Clementine
The old saying that behind every great man stands a woman should be modified to say a determined, clever, ingenious woman.
A Place of Safety: A Review of Rita Woods’ Remembrance
Remembrance is a story of the remarkable strength, determination and magic involved in the survival of black women under the conditions of slavery.
The Conversation: Novelist Joe Meno Discusses his Nonfiction Debut Between Everything and Nothing
Meno’s new book offers a journalistic rendering of the story of two Ghanaian refugees through their impossible paths to asylum.
On the Streets of Chicago: A Conversation with Tracy Clark about her Award-Winning Cass Raines Series
“Cass thinks like a cop, walks like a cop… She is legitimate.”
A Gothic Debut: A Review of Sam Weller’s Dark Black
Debut is a weird word. It feels wrong to use the word on the work of a winner of numerous awards and is most famous for his work related to Ray Bradbury.
Lit Top 5: June 2020
Events in motion.
Wells Rings Resonant Over One Hundred Years Later: A Review of the New Edition of Ida B. Wells’ Crusade for Justice
With the recent naming of Ida B. Wells Street in Chicago, it is a welcome time to see a second edition of Wells’ autobiography.
The Kids Don’t Match: A Review of Lydia Millet’s A Children’s Bible
Lydia Millet’s latest novel, “A Children’s Bible,” starts off innocuously enough—a group of families are sharing a large house for the summer.
