Ghost Lights: A Review of Paul Lisicky’s Later: My Life at the Edge of the World
Lisicky’s gorgeous and haunted new memoir is a book I wish I could take back to my younger self to prove to him that being gay isn’t something to run from.
Touching Wounds: A Review of Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
Diaz’s poems illustrate how love is not just physical or sexual but all the ways in which it is tied to how we interact with the natural world.
Witnessing History: A Review of Justus Rosenberg’s “The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground”
From the title, you might think Justus Rosenberg’s book is a World War II version of the “The Anarchist Cookbook.” However, it reads like a John Le Carre novel.
Respect the Game: An Interview with Scoop Jackson About His Book “The Game Is Not A Game”
ESPN writer and commentator Scoop Jackson’s latest book discusses how sports are a crucible for issues of race, gender and wealth.
Lit Top 5: March 2020
Author talks and readings for March.
Separation of History and Mythology: A Review of Erik Gellman’s Troublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles Through the Lens of Art Shay
Erik Gellman curates a thoughtful selection of Shay’s images that he describes through a seamless cultural and political narrative of Chicago.
Sweet Relief: A Review of Mary Kubica’s “The Other Mrs.”
In Mary Kubica’s latest novel Sadie Foust and her husband practically flee Chicago for a remote island in Maine.
Sense of Self: A Review of Amina Cain’s “Indelicacy”
Cain’s novel, laid out in sections that rarely move beyond a few pages, maintains a fractious semblance of narrative movement throughout.
Urban Insight: A Review of Gabriel Bump’s “Everywhere You Don’t Belong”
Gabriel Bump’s debut novel offers a coming of age story about young Claude McKay Love, a young black boy raised in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood.
Of Monumental Importance: A Review of Jenny Offill’s “Weather”
Jenny Offill has long been interested in the distinctions people make between what is big and important and what is trivial.
