More Than Meets the Eye: A Review of Blake Gopnik’s Warhol
“Warhol” is a massive new biography that reminds us that there’s more to Andy than meets the eye.
Damage Undone: A Review of Kathryn Scanlan’s The Dominant Animal
Kathryn Scanlan’s debut story collection is a work that reminds how much closer the form of flash fiction is to poetry than the short story.
Comic Relief: A Review of Samantha Irby’s wow, no thank you.
Samantha Irby’s third essay collection offers comic relief for all her readers, not just middle aged women who assert their awkward hipness.
Whose Choice?: A Review of Annie Finch’s Choice Words: Writers on Abortion
It’s so easy to absorb the heartache and grief of these writers’ words that it feels like reading this anthology is a form of solidarity.
Get Inside Yourself: A Review of Rachel DeWoskin’s Two Menus
Language—not just barriers, but its inadequacy—hisses its way thematically through Rachel DeWoskin’s poetry collection.
Open-Hearted: A Review of Sahar Mustafah’s The Beauty of Your Face
This novel is as much about Chicago as the individuals inside the city.
Creepy Men: A Review of Lori Rader-Day’s The Lucky One
Creepy men populate Lori Rader-Day’s new novel and not just garden-variety creepy men. They come in all shapes and sizes. Something bad is about to happen.
Ode to An Icon: A Review of John F. Hogan’s The Chicago Water Tower
By skillfully mixing historical facts with local lore, Hogan takes the reader back to shortly after the Civil War when Chicago was the new frontier.
Fairytale, Séance, Manifesto and One Million Chickens: A Review of Deb Olin Unferth’s Barn 8
While I liked the fresh eggs, I never found an appreciation for chickens until reading “Barn 8,” a coming-of-age tale about a hen on the lam.
Social Distancing: Virtual Readings for Literary Fans At Home
If you’re looking for some literary inspiration during this period of lockdown, here’s a compilation of upcoming readings in March and April.
