Mythic Beacons: A Review of Jazmina Barrera’s On Lighthouses
“On Lighthouses” presents a brief nonfiction foray into Barrera’s fascination with the lighthouse, a beacon that many people rarely notice or see only in movies.
Getting Unstuck: A Review of Brady Hammes’ The Resolutions
Brothers and sisters often go through childhood as a unit. This shared life breaks when the kids become independent adults.
What Kind of Dark: An Interview with Krista Franklin
As a visual artist, poet and teaching artist, Ohio native Krista Franklin has made her mark on the city of Chicago and beyond.
Lit Top 5: May 2020
Author talks and readings for May.
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.
Lay of the Land: Relaunching Pilsen Community Books
Some of Chicago’s greatest assets reside in its independent bookstores. They support each other. Pilsen Community Books is a part of that extended community.
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.
