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Dan Kelly

ARTICLES: 87
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 […]

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Children's books, Comics and Graphic Novels, Fiction, Lit, Reviews

Review: Re-Animaniac: Dr. Herbert West & Astounding Tales of Medical Malpractice

Dr. Herbert West & Astounding Tales of Medical Malpractice By Bruce Brown and Thomas Boatwright Arcana Comics Howard Phillips Lovecraft was once a rare beast. Following a personal literary philosophy […]

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Lit, Nonfiction, Reviews

Review: Murder Most Female—He Had It Coming, by Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather

He Had It Coming Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather Midway: An Agate Imprint A crime only gains sex appeal after it’s been committed, and it’s usually an ingredient added by […]

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Lit, Reviews

Review: The Very Near Future—Midwest Futures, by Phil Christman

Midwest Futures By Phil Christman Belt Publishing The Midwest is a deeply mysterious place to the coastal essayists, pundits, and politicians. Rarely visiting, save to write clunky closed factory and […]

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Lit

Call for Chicago Lit Writers, Reviewers, and Subjects!

If you’re interested in covering the Chicago and Midwest lit scenes, and want to promote local authors, booksellers, or publishers, contact Third Coast Review Lit Editor Dan Kelly at dan@mrdankelly.com. […]

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Art & Museums, Essays, Lit, Sculpture

Kill Yr Idols—A Chicago History of Statue Desecration, Part 2

Part 1 of this article can be found here. The original inspiration for this article came from a reference in the WPA Guide to Illinois, created by the Federal Writers’ Project. One […]

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Art & Museums, Essays, Lit, Sculpture

Kill Yr Idols—A Chicago History of Statue Desecration, Part 1

Note: As a pleasant side effect of the BLM protests, several statues of slavers, traitors, and genocidal invaders have been defaced, toppled, or removed from public view worldwide. Thus far, […]

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Comics and Graphic Novels, Lit, Reviews

Book Review: Banned Book Club—By Kim Hyun Sook, et alia

Banned Book Club By Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyun-Ju, and Ryan Estrada Iron Circus Comics Alongside guns, flags, and cats, few things spark people’s passions more than books. And why […]

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Interviews, Lit

More Than a Golf Course—Author Susan L. Kelsey on Billy Caldwell/Chief Sauganash

Like many Chicagoans, Susan Kelsey was likely familiar with Caldwell Woods and the Billy Caldwell Golf Course on the northwest side, but her first introduction to the historical figure behind […]

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Essays, Fiction, Lists, Lit, Uncategorized

Long Reads Are Lonnnnnnnnnnnnng—Extra-Long Books for the Serious Social Isolationist

Third Coast Review writer Patrick T. Reardon recently published a fine piece in praise of tackling extra-long reads during the social isolation era. For those who’ve completed all the popular […]

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Essays, Fiction, Lists, Lit

An Ongoing Graveyard Shift: Selling Books in Chicago in a Plague Year

Even in the best of times, bookstores have it rough. Just last year the American Booksellers Association reported American bookstore sales were down by 7.6 percent from 2018, sales sliding […]

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Lists, Lit

Reading in the Face of Death—Book Suggestions for Self-Isolation

Too many books, not enough time—it’s the eternal struggle of the book lover. Unfortunately, nature and society have conspired to ensure we all shelter in place, self-quarantine, isolate, and otherwise […]

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