Fiction, Interviews, Lit, Previews

Interview: Kathleen Rooney on Silent Film Stars, Fairies, and Her New Book From Dust to Stardust

I first encountered Chicago author Kathleen Rooney years ago at The Neo-Futurists’ funky New Year’s Eve bash, where her collective Poems While You Wait was delightfully typing up custom poetry […]

Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch /
Chicago history, Children's books, Interviews, Lit, Nonfiction

Interview: Hearts Beat Still—Maggie Schmieder, Author of Hopeful Hearts in Highland Park

Hopeful Hearts in Highland Park is author Maggie Duplace Schmieder’s attempt to make sense out of something senseless. She and her family attended the Highland Park Independence Day parade this […]

Dan Kelly /
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Interview: Volition’s Brian Traficante on an All New Saints Row and What to Expect

It’s been a while since Champaign-based developers Volition have been in the final countdown to a big release. After all, Saints Row IV released all the way back in 2013. […]

Antal Bokor /
Beyond, Event, Interviews

Interview: Chase Masterson of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on Bullying, Mental Health, Star Trek and Beyond

If you’ve spent any time with Star Trek growing up or now as an adult, you’re probably aware of its central themes. Going back all the way to the original […]

Marielle Bokor /
Fiction, Interviews, Lit

Interview: Not Afraid of the Dark: A Talk with Writer Richard Thomas

Numerically speaking, 2/22/22 (today), has a special resonance for Chicago area writer, editor, and teacher Richard Thomas. His latest book, Spontaneous Human Combustion (Keylight), a collection of short stories, was […]

Dan Kelly /
Chicago history, Interviews, Lit, Nonfiction

Interview: In Olde Chicago: A Talk with David Anthony Witter about His Book Oldest Chicago

David Anthony Witter was born in Miller, Indiana—“across the lagoon from Nelson Algren’s summer home,” as he puts it—but has spent most of his life in Chicago. Growing up in […]

Dan Kelly /
Art & Museums, Museum

The Field Museum’s Summer Blockbuster Becoming Jane Is a Heartfelt Look at Goodall’s Legacy and How She Inspires Women in Science

Inspiration is almost like divine intervention. There you (or someone else) are, living your life, totally unaware that the next moment or moments, everything will change for you. You don’t […]

Marielle Bokor /
Events, Interviews, Lit, Live lit events, Nonfiction

Interview: Third Coast Review Writer Patrick T. Reardon Keeps Us in the Loop with New Book

Patrick T. Reardon, a regular contributor to Third Coast Review, recently released his new book, The Loop: The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago (SIU Press). More than a […]

Dan Kelly /
Fiction, Interviews, Lit

Interview: “His Darkest Shadow Self”—A Talk with Horror/Romance Author Rick R. Reed

Tell us a bit about yourself and your writing career.  It’s hard for me to believe my writing “career” has been going on now for more than three decades. My […]

Dan Kelly /
Fiction, Interviews, Lit

Interview: Pigeon English: A Talk with Author Kathleen Rooney

Chicago writer Kathleen Rooney recently released her latest novel, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey. A fictional retelling of the true story of World War I’s “Lost Battalion” (though mostly regarding […]

Dan Kelly /
Interviews, Music

A Quarantined Mini Interview with Emily Wolfe

From her Walmart Harmony acoustic guitar, the Slammer Hammer Stratocaster, getting into Gibson Guitars, and even her Sheraton Epiphone, Emily Wolfe is an artist who strives to add something good […]

Michael Kocourek /
Fiction, Interviews, Lit

Interview: “Education should be the antithesis to genocide:” Gint Aras Reckons with the Burdens of History

Gint Aras (Karolis Gintaras Žukauskas) has been trapped on planet Earth since 1973. He is the author of two novels, Finding the Moon in Sugar (Infinity, 2009) and The Fugue, (Tortoise, 2016), […]

Terry Galvan /