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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
  • Fiction, Lists, Lit

Son of Featured Creatures: Chicago Horror Writers and Artists Share Their Favorite Chicago Horror Creators

Unless you’re an easily frightened tourist, Chicago is rarely considered a hotbed of horror. But as Third Coast Review has…

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 30, 2021
  • Comics and Graphic Novels, Fiction, Interviews, Lists, Lit

Featured Creatures: Chicago Horror Writers and Artists Share Their Favorite (or Un-favorite) Scary Stories

Chicago and horror may not seem synonymous, but the city and surrounding area have produced a bevy of creators of…

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 30, 2020
  • 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…

  • Dan Kelly
  • April 5, 2020
  • Lists, Lit

Bored in Quarantine?: Eight Great Comics and the Local Comic Stores That Sell Them

As people across Chicago quarantine themselves to curb the spread of COVID-19, they realize there are only so many episodes…

  • Adam Prestigiacomo
  • April 3, 2020
  • Essays, Fiction, Lists, Lit, Reviews

The 10 Best Books about Chicago—and One Clunker

Many very good and even great books have been written about Chicago, and, based on my half century of writing…

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • April 2, 2020
  • 2 Comments
  • 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…

  • Dan Kelly
  • March 26, 2020
  • 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…

  • Dan Kelly
  • March 21, 2020
  • Essays, Lists, Lit

Long Books for the Long Hours Ahead

It’s pretty clear now that my wife Cathy and I—both over that red-alarm age of 60—are going to be spending…

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • March 20, 2020
  • Events, Fiction, Interviews, Lists, Lit, Live lit events, Poetry, Reviews

A Literary Look Back at 2019

The Third Coast Review Lit Department had a very full year, with new writers Patrick T. Reardon, Terry Galvan, and…

  • Dan Kelly
  • December 30, 2019
  • Fiction, Film, Lists, Lit

Third Ghost Reviews—A Collection of Horrifying Fictional Memories

Hey! Remember that one particularly scary thing? You know… That terrifying tale you read or heard as a kid. That…

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 30, 2019
  • Lists, Lit, Reviews

15 Years of Haymarket Books

The results of last week’s presidential election stirred different feelings in many people: confusion, despair, melancholy, detachment, anger. I’ve seen…

  • Andrew Hertzberg
  • November 16, 2016
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