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Last Minute Plans: Dan Ozzi Is A “Sellout” At Gman Tavern

Music critic Dan Ozzi is well known for his sharp insight and even sharper wit in his writing. So I…

  • Jim Kopeny / Tankboy
  • November 16, 2022
  • Chicago history, Chicago history, Lit, Nonfiction

Review: A Soldier in the Struggle: Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win, by Helen Shiller

Helen Shiller—a longtime radical activist and the new alderman in Chicago’s 46th ward—turned 40 on November 24, 1987. Two days later,…

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • November 15, 2022
  • Chicago history, Lit, Nonfiction

Review: Chi Boy: Native Sons and Chicago Reckonings, by Keenan Norris

Chi Boy: Native Sons and Chicago Reckonings by Keenan Norris may be the perfect book for the Halloween season. And…

  • Adam Kaz
  • November 7, 2022
  • Chicago history, Lit, Nonfiction, Reviews

Review: Gay Old Times, Last Call Chicago, by Rick Karlin and St. Sukie de la Croix

Last Call Chicago is not a narrative book. Rather it is an extensive listing with brief descriptions of 1,001 LGBTQ…

  • June Sawyers
  • November 4, 2022
  • Lit, Live Lit, Stages, Talk show

Dialogs: How Chicagoans and Russians Write—CHF’s Chat with Author George Saunders

Oak Forest native to the “political left of Gandhi,” essayist and award-winning author George Saunders returned to Chicagoland to talk about writing with Wait…

  • Karin McKie
  • October 31, 2022
  • Fiction, Lit

Return of the Living Featured Creatures: Chicago Horror Creators Share Favorite Fictional Terrors

It’s Halloween, and everyone’s entitled to one good scare. Lucky you. Third Coast Review has once again asked several Chicago…

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 31, 2022
  • Fiction, Lit, Reviews

Review: Jasmine Sawers’ The Anchored World Is an Eerie, Haunting Voyage

Like the very best tangled and violent folklore passed down to us, Jasmine Sawers’s The Anchored World: Flash Fairy Tales…

  • Caitlin Archer-Helke
  • October 26, 2022
  • 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, Interviews, Lit, Nonfiction

Interview: Making Fun—Jeffrey Breslow’s 30+ Years of Toy and Game Making

Some jobs don’t sound like work. A perfect example: Jeffrey Breslow’s decades-long career as a designer, developer, and partner at…

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 22, 2022
  • Chicago history, Chicago history, Lit, Poetry

Review: Laughing at the Race with No Rules, Woman Without Shame, by Sandra Cisneros

In her new book of poetry Woman without Shame, Sandra Cisneros looks aging in the face and laughs. She laughs at…

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • October 10, 2022
  • Fiction, Lit, Reviews

Review: Cora’s Kitchen Shines a Light on Women’s Hopes and Dreams During the Harlem Renaissance

Cora James lives in the heart of the Harlem Renaissance. She works in the Harlem Library, rubbing shoulders with the…

  • Caitlin Archer-Helke
  • October 6, 2022
  • Chicago history, Chicago history, Lit, Nonfiction, Reviews

Review: Henry Gerber, Father of the Gay Rights Movement—An Angel in Sodom, by Jim Elledge

As a title, An Angel in Sodom is evocative and a bit ambiguous. The subtitle of Jim Elledge’s book is…

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • October 4, 2022
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