Book Review: Mycology and its Mighty Ending
Joan Wilking’s prose is breezy even though the material is heavy. Her first book Mycology is the winner of the 2016 Wild Onion Novella Prize bestowed by Chicago publisher Curbside Splendor. […]
Read Jack Kerouac’s On the Road Scroll at the American Writers Museum
Jack Kerouac wrote On the Road in what is often described as a three-week burst of creativity. He typed furiously (100 words a minute) on his Underwood portable typewriter and […]
A Q&A with “Girls With Slingshots,” Creator Danielle Corsetto
Last week on Kickstarter, a project to fund a fully-colored complete hardcover printing of Danielle Corsetto’s ten year long Reuben Award winning webcomic, “Girls With Slingshots.” Released through the Chicago-based […]
Writers Museum Launches Two New Series: Surprise Bookshelf and First Books
Chicago’s American Writers Museum is launching two new program series this fall among their range of public programming relating to all forms of American writing. Tuesday First Books highlights the first […]
Chicago Authors to Read from Notorious Banned Books at Censored! on October 2
CENSORED! We Read Banned Books, an ACLU benefit, will be an evening of readings by Chicago authors from their favorite banned books, sponsored by Third Coast Review and Kill Your Darlings Live Lit. Censored will […]
An Interview with Dan Dougherty of Beardo Fame
Our guest author is David Lanzafame. David is a freelance writer from Oak Forest and a graduate of Columbia College’s Journalism Masters program. He’s written for numerous local publications including […]
City Lit Theater to Read Books on the Chopping Block at Chicago Venues
City Lit Theater will celebrate Banned Books Week with Books on the Chopping Block, a series of reading from banned books at venues around the city September 23-October 1. This […]
CENSORED! We Read Banned Books to Celebrate the Freedom to Read on October 2
CENSORED! We Read Banned Books, an ACLU benefit, will be an evening of readings by Chicago authors from their favorite banned books, sponsored by Third Coast Review and Kill Your Darlings Live […]
CAF’s No Small Plans Explores Urban Planning and Civic Involvement in a Graphic Novel
No Small Plans, a new graphic novel, tells the stories of three sets of teenagers and how they live in and try to understand their changing city in the past, […]
Chicago’s Literati Harmonize in Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology
Have you ever contributed to a church or neighborhood cookbook? Have you ever bought one? Are matriarchal communities still pooling their creativity into volumes of recipes as a testament to […]
Poetry Foundation Calls for Signs of Resistance for Fall Exhibit
The Poetry Foundation has issued an open call for posters, signs, banners and other visual materials that were used on the streets of Chicago during recent resistance protests and marches. […]
Steve Wiley’s Grown-up Chicago Fairytale Lacks a Happy Ending
New York is a city of legends. Los Angeles is a town of myths. In The Fairytale Chicago of Francesca Finnegan, author Steve Wiley frames the city in a milieu […]