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Printers Row on Saturday: A Celebration of Community

Near the end of Saturday at this year’s Printers Row Lit Fest, an 80-year-old Italian painter from the North Shore…

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • September 9, 2023
  • Children's books, Fiction, Lit

Review: Wonder and Joy and Questions, The Happy Prince & Other Tales, by Oscar Wilde

It’s something of a surprise to be reminded that Oscar Wilde—the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray and the…

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • August 24, 2023
  • Chicago history, Children's books, Essays, Fiction, Lists, Lit, Nonfiction, Reviews

2022 in Review: A Lit Retrospective

What was 2022 like in the world of Chicago, Illinois, and Midwest letters? I’ve asked the Lit section writers to…

  • Dan Kelly
  • January 5, 2023
  • Children's books, Fiction, Lit, Reviews

Review: A Spooky Morality Play—The Merchant’s Curse, by Antony Barone Kolenc

Antony Barone Kolenc’s The Merchant’s Curse is a historical mystery with a strong supernatural element, set in 12th-century England and…

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • October 24, 2022
  • 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…

  • Dan Kelly
  • September 7, 2022
  • Children's books, Dialogs, Fiction, Film & TV, Lit, Live lit events

Kids Can Learn Sign Language, Storytelling and Teamwork with Sweet Animated Video Calvin Can’t Fly

Jennifer Berne wrote the storybook Calvin Can’t Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie in 2010, and her second cousin…

  • Karin McKie
  • January 30, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Children's books, Lit

Feature: Local Author Taps into Her Childhood with Two New Children’s Books

It’s not often that Third Coast Review has an opportunity to review children’s books. Fortunately, Chicagoland author J.B. Frank has…

  • Cynthia Kallile
  • October 29, 2021
  • 1 Comment
  • 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…

  • Dan Kelly
  • September 27, 2020
  • Children's books, Lit

Review: The Skin You Live In Is a Kids’ Book for Today by Two Chicagoans

The Skin You Live In By Michael Tyler Illustrations by David Lee Csicsko Chicago Children’s Museum The Skin You Live…

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 23, 2020
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