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Lit, Poetry

Book Review: Take Me to the Rivers—Renny Golden’s The Music of Her Rivers: Poems

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The Music of Her Rivers: Poems By Renny Golden University of New Mexico Press, 87 pages, $18.95 Reviewed by Patrick T. Reardon The Pueblo boy with “thick hair…the color of […]

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Food, Recipes

What’s Cooking at Third Coast? Try These Tips for Perfect Sauce

By M.D. Walters Now that you’ve learned how to make our feature recipe – a delicious kale and butternut squash risotto, here are some helpful tips I learned during my […]

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Food, Recipes

What’s Cooking at Third Coast? Festive Kale and Squash Risotto

By M.D. Walters I spent some time exploring traditional Tuscan cuisine recently through Chicago-based culinary travel company, The International Kitchen. I stayed in the tiny and picturesque Vagliagli, a medieval […]

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Lit, Reviews

Book Review—Binga: The Rise and Fall of Chicago’s First Black Banker

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Binga: The Rise and Fall of Chicago’s First Black Banker By Don Hayner Northwestern University Press, 312 pages, $24.95 Reviewed by Patrick T. Reardon A hallmark of the black nationalism […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: In When It Breaks, a Public School Teacher Turns to Folk Music to Raise Awareness, Create Change

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This is a guest post by Chloe Noelle Fourte. Named after a song by the documentary’s main subject, Konrad Wert, When It Breaks is a deceptively understated portrait of a […]

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Music, Reviews

Review: Indie Queen Angel Olsen Reigns at Riviera

Angel Olsen may have been fighting a cold during her show last night at the Riviera, but that didn’t stop her inner queen from shining through. “I have a case […]

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Events, Lit, Stages

Review: Madeline Miller, Author of Best Seller Circe, Charms at Chicago Humanities Fest

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By Valerie Nikolas Power. It’s the theme of this year’s Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF), now in its 30th year of attracting compelling and thoughtful speakers to Chicago. It’s also the central […]

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Fiction, Lit, Reviews

Review: Sending Our Regrets—The Art of Regret by Mary Fleming

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The Art of Regret By Mary Fleming She Writes Press Reviewed by Terry Galvan While 1990s Paris wavers between its stupendous past and uncertain future, failed US-born photographer Trevor McFarquhar […]

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Art & Museums, Chicago history, Lit, Painting & sculpture, Reviews

Review: Erasing the Writing on the Wall—Walls of Prophecy & Protest: William Walker & the Roots of a Revolutionary Public Art Movement

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Walls of Prophecy & Protest: William Walker & the Roots of a Revolutionary Public Art Movement By Jeff W. Huebner Northwestern University Press Reviewed by Patrick T. Reardon Bill Walker was […]

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Fiction, Lit

Review: Julie Justicz’s Degrees of Difficulty Is a Family Affair

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Degrees of Difficulty Julie E. Justicz Fomite Press Reviewed by Carr Harkrader What do families do to you? Therapists, sitcoms, and Donald Trump, Jr’s attorneys have explored this question for […]

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Fiction, Lit

Book Review: In Tied with Twine, Pam Records Tells Stories of Polish Hegewisch

Tied with Twine, by Pam Records, Indigo River Publishing Reviewed by M.D. Walters The residents of Hegewisch harbor painful secrets, perplexing little mysteries, and big ambitions – all tangled up […]

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Fiction, Lit, Reviews, Uncategorized

Review: A Great Novel, a Work of Scripture, a Failure, or What?—Adam Levin’s The Instructions

On occasion, we’ll revisit and run reviews of books published in the past, both near and far. This week, guest author Patrick T. Reardon looks back at Adam Levin’s The […]

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