Sound Criticism in the Noise of Opinions: A. O. Scott Speaks at Seminary Coop
Everyone’s a critic, and yet no one seems to know what a critic’s good for. Or at least this is how New York Times film critic A. O. Scott started […]
A Translation of Rita Indiana’s PAPI Is a Reading Experience
This month, University of Chicago Press released a translation of Papi, the best selling novel by Dominican writer, Rita Indiana. This is the first english translation of Indiana’s work. Papi […]
Zoe Zolbrod’s Thought Provoking Memoir “The Telling” Out in May
I first heard Zoe Zolbrod read in a coffee shop in Logan Square a couple months ago. She was skinny, 40s-ish, and had arm tattoos and a mane of silver […]
The Chicago Review of Terrible Books: Kill the Clown
When I looked at the gathering again, almost all of the heads were turned toward me. Nearly two hundred pairs of eyes stared at me. The band stopped playing suddenly. […]
UofC Professor Writes Memoir about Father’s View of Miscarriage
Daniel Raeburn, a creative writing professor at the University of Chicago, has recently written a memoir which will be released this month by W.W. Norton & Co. Entitled Vessels: A […]
The Chicago Review of Terrible Books: The Jefferson Davis Coloring Book
Did you know there were once two Americas? One is the United States of America we know today, but the other was an equally legally valid “Confederate States of America,” […]
The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America by Ethan Michaeli
Available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in hardcover for $20.oo. Throughout the 20th century, African-Americans faced extraordinary difficulties as they tried to earn a decent living and break the barriers that […]
Fillet of Solo 2016 Serves Up Storytelling Goodness
Lifeline Theatre presents Fillet of Solo, a festival which celebrates Chicago’s storytelling and live lit scene. 14 storytelling collectives and solo performances come together for a three-week, multi-venue performance of […]