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Review: The Leopold and Loeb Files: An Intimate Look at One of America’s Most Infamous Crimes

Chicago has had its share of dynamic duos: Adler and Sullivan, Jordan and Pippen, Bozo and Cooky, Moo and Oink… Less dynamic and more demonic were Chicago killers Nathan Leopold […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • January 11, 2019
    • Fiction , Lit , Reviews

    Survivor Explores Trauma, and Speculative Literature, Through Uniquely Varied Stories: Book Review

    One of the things I love about speculative literature is its ability to capture the emotional impact of real, plausible experiences through fantastic metaphors. It’s also just really fun to […]

  • Guest Author
  • November 14, 2018
    • Lit , Reviews

    How Do You Smoke a Weed?—Graphic Novel Review

    I have a secret, neither dark nor deep. Never have I ever smoked pot. You kids still call it pot, right? Marijuana is pejorative. Grass, Mary Jane, and reefer seem […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 12, 2018
    • Fiction , Lit , Reviews

    Certain American States Has Captivating Writing Wrapped In Ennui—Book Review

    Certain American States is peculiar. Catherine Lacey’s first short story collection has a similar feel to her last published book, the understated satire The Answers. With a subtle flair for […]

  • Guest Author
  • October 8, 2018
    • Lit , Reviews , Uncategorized

    Da Sacred and Profane: The Best of Royko: The Tribune Years—Review

    I met my good friend, Flats Slobnik—tuck pointer, softball shortstop, and professional Chicago everyman—at our favorite watering hole, Brzbchynski’s Tavern on Pulaski and Lower Wacker Drive. Karol Brzbchynski, a 300-pound […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 2, 2018
    • Lit , Reviews

    Review: The Boys of Fairytown: Sodomites, Female Impersonators, Third-Sexers, Pansies, Queers, and Sex Morons in Chicago’s First Century

     Do you know: The first gay rights advocacy group in the United States was formed in Chicago in 1924? There was a legally recognized same-sex marriage in Chicago in 1923? […]

  • Guest Author
  • September 17, 2018
    • Beer and wine , Food , Lit , Reviews

    Review: Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out Offers Well-Reported Story of Goose Island’s Rise and Sale

    Until very recently, I rode the Green Line to work every day. Occasionally, I would notice the billboards at a stop on the West Side were experiencing an advertising blitz, […]

  • Nicholas Blashill
  • September 9, 2018
    • Fiction , Lit , Reviews

    Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers: Review by Carr Harkrader

    When you hear a particularly eerie or scary story as a child, your consciousness is muddled, but your senses are heightened: you hear every creak and you wonder about every […]

  • Guest Author
  • August 28, 2018
    • Lit , Reviews , Travel feature

    Review: Happy Campers Are All Alike

    Journalists love looking for America, and Dave Hoekstra—WGN radio host and author of The Camper Book: A Celebration of a Moveable American Dream—is as smitten as the rest. For the […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • August 5, 2018
    • Food , Lit , Reviews

    Craving Mu Shu Pork? Secrets to Delicious Recipes Revealed in Chinese Soul Food

    Eating at my favorite Chinese restaurant always leaves me with a craving to create those delectable dishes myself.  I’ve played around with stir-fries and sticky rice over the years—to varying […]

  • Cynthia Kallile
  • June 6, 2018
    • Beyond , Interviews , Lit , Reviews

    Interview: Third Coast Talks Secret Chicago with Jessica Mlinaric

    From the moment I saw the bright pink cover of Secret Chicago by Jessica Mlinaric I was excited. Visions of the kinds of things I loved to see so much on […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • April 21, 2018
    • Food , Lit , Reviews

    Fooditor 99 Perfect for Hungry Chicago Stomachs and Adventurous Spirits

    Michael Gebert doesn’t write about food. He writes about the people behind it as the editor-in-chief and main contributor of Fooditor, a tribute to those starry-eyed entrepreneurs who smile through […]

  • Sherry Zhong
  • April 16, 2018
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