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Interview: Sinister Twisters—Author James Kennedy Talks Horror and His New Book, Bride of the Tornado

James Kennedy will appear at the HORRORPALOOZA! event at After-Words Bookstore (23 E. Illinois Street), Sunday, October 29, at 5pm, with fellow horror authors Cynthia Pelayo and Julia Fine and […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 26, 2023
    • Comics and Graphic Novels , Events , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events , Music , Nonfiction

    Review: Something Out of Nothing—New Book Shares the History and Images of Garage Rock Label Estrus Records

    Chris Coyle and designer Scott Sugiuchi will attend a book release party at Quimby’s Bookstore (1854 W North Ave) on Saturday, October 21, beginning at 1 p.m. Another party takes […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 21, 2023
    • Essays , Events , Fiction , Lit , Nonfiction , Poetry

    Shortlist Announced for 2023 Chicago Review of Books Awards

    The 2023 Chicago Review of Books Awards shortlist includes literary works ranging in subject matter from queer motherhood to belonging and migration, Chicago’s Black cowboy culture, and women’s overlooked heroism during World War II.

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • October 20, 2023
    • Chicago history , Events , Fiction , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events

    The Haunting of Hemingway House: Four Women Writers Make Hemingway’s Childhood Home a Clean, Well-Frighted Place

    Note: The event is sold out, but Ernest Hemingway’s Birthplace Museum continues to present tours and weekly events all year round. As the quintessential literary man’s man, it’s easy to […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 18, 2023
    • Chicago history , Events , Food , Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction , Recipes

    Review: Consuming My Religion: Holy Food, by Christina Ward

    No matter how busy they were creating the universe, some gods always found time to lay down the law on what their worshippers should eat. Diets and deities have a […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 13, 2023
    • Dialogs , Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events

    Dialogs: Zadie Smith’s New Historical Fiction The Fraud Plumbed at Chicago Humanities Festival Event

    Fiction is a “medium that must always allow itself…the possibility of expressing intimate and inconvenient truths,” acclaimed London-born author Zadie Smith once said. She recently stopped by Lincoln Park’s Francis […]

  • Karin McKie
  • September 28, 2023
    • Events , Fiction , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events

    Dialogs: Kathleen Rooney and Ignatius Aloysius Discuss Creation of Her New Novel at Writers Museum

    Chicago author Kathleen Rooney writes in many genres—fiction, non-fiction, essays, poetry—even Poems While You Wait. She has written several historical fiction novels in her own distinctive style. Heavily researched, novelized, written in […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • September 9, 2023
    • Events , Fiction , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events

    Toya Wolfe’s Last Summer on State Street Wins $25,000 Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award

    Most readers are familiar with the more prestigious annual book prizes out there, among them the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the PEN America Literary Awards. A new […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • July 12, 2023
    • Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction , Poetry

    Preview: Inspiration for Burned-Out Writers at Northwestern’s Summer Writers’ Conference, July 21–22

    When the world is literally on fire, who can think about writing? The present writer was reminded of Chicago author Rebecca Makkai’s 2018 Electric Literature essay on the topic (“The […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • July 2, 2023
    • Events , Lit , Live lit events

    Essay: How Many Books Can $30 Buy at the Newberry Book Fair?

    When I visited the Newberry Library Book Fair on Friday, I knew I had to come up with a strategy.  It’s a locally famous sale, featuring tens of thousands of […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • July 30, 2022
    • Events , Lit , Poetry

    Dialogs: Haymarket Books Launches Maya Marshall’s All the Blood Involved in Love

    Haymarket Books describes itself as a radical and independent publisher, and in light of current events, I am grateful that they are still in the game. They have a new […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • June 27, 2022
    • Events , Fiction , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction , Poetry

    Interview: Don Evans, Sandra Cisneros, and the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame

    Even via Zoom, Don Evans is passionate about Chicago’s relationship with the written word. A writer, editor, and teacher, Evans is also the executive director of the Chicago Literary Hall […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • March 11, 2021
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