I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and literature enthusiast. In 2016, I’m reading only women authors for my Read Only Women Experiment (R.O.W.E.). For weekly updates on challenges, conversations, and monthly round-up […]
Uncovered is a new Third Coast Review series devoted to Chicago bookstores. Rivers of digital ink have been spilled on standbys like Myopic, Unabridged, and 57th Street Books, and with good reason. […]
“Everybody looks better once they die.” Welcome to your orientation to the afterlife. In a gritty, dungeon-like club, the cast of “Incendium” provides a cabaret-style evening of performance to acquaint you with […]
I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and reader. In 2016 I’m reading only women authors for my Read Only Women Experiment (R.O.W.E.). For weekly updates on challenges, conversations, and book searches; monthly […]
Did you know there were once two Americas? One is the United States of America we know today, but the other was an equally legally valid “Confederate States of America,” which was […]
On a cold Tuesday night, 30 to 40 people crowd the back of Women and Children First in Andersonville. As people continue to arrive, extra chairs miraculously appear, pushed up against bookshelves, magazine […]
Humboldt Park native Phillip B. Williams returns to Chicago this week for two readings in promotion of Thief in the Interior, his latest collection of poetry out this month by Alice James […]
I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and reader. For 2016 I am reading only women authors for my Read Only Women Experiment (R.O.W.E.). For weekly updates on challenges, conversations, and monthly round-ups […]
January 25th is the birthday of Scottish bard, Robert Burns. You know him for writing poems like “Auld Lang Syne” and “A Red Red Rose.” Scotland’s national poet, and perhaps most beloved […]
826CHI, the nonprofit creative writing and tutoring center for children, is hosting a charity scrabble tournament in late February. The tournament pits teams of two against each other in a day long […]
Available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in hardcover for $20.oo. Throughout the 20th century, African-Americans faced extraordinary difficulties as they tried to earn a decent living and break the barriers that kept them […]
Lifeline Theatre presents Fillet of Solo, a festival which celebrates Chicago’s storytelling and live lit scene. 14 storytelling collectives and solo performances come together for a three-week, multi-venue performance of personal stories. […]
