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?
Seeking Refuge in Victorian Mystery: Charles Finch Discusses His Popular Series
“When I started writing the series, everything was CSI and blood and guts, and I wanted to write something quieter and maybe more innocent. People responded to Lenox’s essential decency right from the start.”
Polyphony Means Many Voices: Following “Polyphony H.S.,” a locally based, international high school literary magazine
“I hope that we’ll get into the hands and heads and hearts of every young writer in the world.”
Lit Top 5: February 2018
Literary highlights in February.
What I’ve Been Reduced To: Reviews of “Where My Body Ends and The World Begins” and “Gun Metal Blue”
Passivity can be poison, but it can also lead you to that stinging slap in the face that makes you realize you’re a mess.
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.
A Common Galactic Cause: Michael Moreci talks about “Black Star Renegades”
We’re in control of our destiny, and we’re too quick to relinquish that power. What that power requires, though, is not only having faith in ourselves but faith in the people around us as well.
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
