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 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, 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Several weeks ago, I went to hear Roxane Gay read from her latest book Hunger as a part of the Chicago Humanities Festival Now summer programming. The event fell on […]
[soliloquy id=”14888″] Larry Broutman, a Chicago-based photographer, has traveled over the world in his quest for travel and wildlife images. He has concentrated on remote tribal cultures and African […]
Guest author Evan Bryson studied painting and writing in Indiana. He lives in Chicago and works in higher ed. Stephen Florida is a real goddam puzzler. I read it everywhere, […]
If you’re looking for a very short review of Erin Osmon’s Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost, here it is: If Jason Molina has ever been important to you, then […]
At the Literacenter, you’ll find a large, colorful office filled with book puns, some scooters, and a pink-haired woman greeting you at the desk. The Chicago Literacy Alliance (CLA), started […]