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Essay: Reading in Public and My Review of The Vegetarian, a Book That Started Conversations

Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and beyond. […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 6, 2024
    • Events , Lit , Live lit events

    Chicago Is Lit: Poetry Brothel and More December Events

    Scenes from The Poetry Brothel in New York, images courtesy of Poetry Society of New York.

    Chicago’s literary scene heats up this weekend at the relaunch of the Poetry Brothel’s local chapter. For those who like their poetry with a side of burlesque, this event bills […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • December 4, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Lit

    Holiday Gift Ideas: Noteworthy Art Books Published in 2024

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    Looking for gift ideas for art lovers in your life? Or perhaps you want to treat yourself by buying a book that will not only inspire and educate you about […]

  • Thomas Wawzenek
  • December 3, 2024
    • Chicago history , Lit , Nonfiction , Photography , Reviews

    Review: Take a Vulgar Picture, Vivian Maier Developed, by Ann Marks

    Vivian Maier snapped pictures of a thousand other lives while making the lightest impression on life herself. In her biography Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny, […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • December 2, 2024
    • Beyond , Events , Lit

    Feature: The Booker Prize Brings Together Book Lovers Worldwide in a Virtual Book Club

    Tuesday, November 12, was an exciting day—it was Oscars night for book nerds. That was the day the Booker Prize, the most prestigious literary prize in the world, was awarded. […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • November 14, 2024
    • Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events

    Dialogs: Five-Star Authors in a Five-Star City

    The Chicago Humanities Festival brought two midwest authors to Northwestern’s campus last Saturday afternoon and a packed crowd of literature lovers. Rebecca Makkai and Indiana’s John Green had the audience […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • November 14, 2024
    • Fiction , Lit , Reviews , Short Stories

    Review: Crawling into Puloma Ghosh’s Mouth

    Puloma Ghosh takes full advantage of the mouth’s symbolic potential in Mouth, a debut collection of weird, subversive stories. These horror and horror-adjacent stories are about women, identity, relationships, and […]

  • Allison Manley
  • November 13, 2024
    • Chicago history , Chicago history , Comedy , Lit , Nonfiction

    Review: Exploding Myths: Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports by Mark Jacob and Matthew Jacob

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • November 12, 2024
    • Chicago history , Lit , Nonfiction , Writing

    A Letter: To the Man with the Red Checkered Shirt, Funny Hat, and Cigar

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Guest Author
  • November 11, 2024
    • Chicago history , Chicago history , Lit , Nonfiction

    Review: Trying to Avoid Dystopia—Cry My Beloved America by Alexander Polikoff

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • November 1, 2024
    • Fiction , Lit , Nonfiction

    I Was a Teenage Featured Creature: Midwestern Horror Writers Share Recent Fictional Horrors

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 31, 2024
    • Children's books , Dialogs , Events , Film & TV , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events

    Dialogs: “The Only Moral Is Run!” – R. L. Stine at the Chicago Humanities Festival

    This Guest Post was written by Holly Smith I entered the Music Box Theatre with anticipation. I was there to see the first episode of the Goosebumps TV show and […]

  • Guest Author
  • October 30, 2024
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