Review: Talkin’ about Early Bob Dylan, The Dylan Tapes
Bob Dylan is having a bit of a late-career cultural moment. His most recent album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, was…
Review: Myriad Chicagos, Wherever I’m At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry, edited by Donald G. Evans and Robin Metz
Summer mornings, in my West Side childhood, I would go out on our rickety second-story back porch, and, across the…
Review: Flight of the Rondone: High School Dropout vs. Big Pharma: The Fight to Save My Son’s Life, by Patrick Girondi
Reviewed by Adam Kaz Flight of the Rondone: High School Dropout vs. Big Pharma: The Fight To Save My Son’s…
Poem: A Note to the World From the Children of Ukraine
A poem by guest author Josephine Chaparro. WhispersWhispersWhispers We heardWe heardWe heard WhispersWhispersWhispers Soon the whispers turned into soundsThe sounds…
Review: The Billboard, by Natalie Y. Moore
In this pivotal moment in the struggle for reproductive rights, Natalie Y. Moore’s The Billboard comes at a time when…
Review: Open Heart Chicago: An Anthology of Chicago Writing, Edited by Vincent Francone
One of the many gifts of Vincent Francone’s new anthology of Chicago stories, Open Heart Chicago, is learning what it’s…
Review: Days of Wine and Roses—My Amy: The Life We Shared by Tyler James
My Amy: The Life We Shared by Tyler James Chicago Review Press Guest review by Adam Kaz Authors who write…
Book Review: A Kind of Poetry, The Fact of Memory, by Aaron Angello
The Fact of Memory: 114 Ruminations and FabricationsBy Aaron AngelloRose Metal Press In a piece titled “Think,” Aaron Angello tells…
Review: Eating Cheap Without Eating Poorly, The Poorcraft Cookbook
The Poorcraft Cookbook By Nero Villagallos O’Reilly Iron Circus Comics If there’s one thing old people know it’s that young…
Review: A Glimpse into a Very Different Culture, Rig Veda Americanus, edited by Daniel G. Brinton
Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans Edited with a paraphrase, notes and vocabulary by Daniel G. Brinton…
Review: Anti-Racist and More, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop, by Felicia Rose Chavez
The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom by Felicia Rose Chavez Haymarket Books, 216 pages, $14.97 Chicago’s…
Review: A Lively and Meticulous Biography of Rebel Theater Artist Emily Mann, by Alexis Greene
Emily Mann: Rebel Artist of the American Theater By Alexis Greene Applause Theatre and Cinema Books If B for Biography…
