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Review: A Great Novel, a Work of Scripture, a Failure, or What?—Adam Levin’s The Instructions

On occasion, we’ll revisit and run reviews of books published in the past, both near and far. This week, guest author Patrick T. Reardon looks back at Adam Levin’s The […]

  • Guest Author
  • August 26, 2019
    • Chicago history , Lit , Reviews

    Review: Hail, Hail, The Gang’s All Here—Compliments of Chicagohoodz

    Compliments of Chicagohoodz: Chicago Street Gang Art and Culture James “Jinx” O’Connor & Damen “Mr. C” Corrado Feral House Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit gets most of the attention, but the […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • August 21, 2019
    • Fiction , Lit , Reviews

    Book Review—Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

    Trust Exercise Susan Choi Henry Holt and Co. If high school didn’t exist, writers would have to invent it. A writer’s job is to articulate what others feel; and what […]

  • Guest Author
  • July 19, 2019
    • Lit , Music , Reviews

    “I Wanna Go on with That Next One Myself”: Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson

    Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson By Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow Chicago Review Press Robert Johnson is a definitive legend, though the dead-at-27 bluesman […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • July 18, 2019
    • Lit , Reviews , Stages

    Review: Ensemble-Made Chicago Lets Us Peek Into Some of Chicago’s Most Inventive Theaters

    Chicago is home to 200 to 250 theater companies, depending on who’s counting. Most of them are what we might call traditional theaters that stage scripted productions, both new works […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 11, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events , Music , Reviews , Television , Video

    Smells Like Heavy Metal Poisoning: An Interview with Cinéaste Mike McPadden

    Mike “McBeardo” McPadden is truth in human packaging. A beard is indeed present, bristly, with streaks of grey—suggesting wisdom in matters strange and arcane. I’ve seen McPadden in action as […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • June 21, 2019
    • Lit , Reviews

    Book Review:“The Beauty of Inclusion,” Chicago Treasure by Larry Broutman, Rich Green, and John Rabias

    Chicago Treasure by Larry Broutman, Rich Green, and John Rabias Lake Claremont Press Is Chicago a fairy-tale city? Wait a minute. I’ve asked that before. But it’s a question worth […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • May 1, 2019
    • Art & Museums , Lit , Museum , Museums , Reviews

    Review: The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt by Ken Krimstein

    The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth By Ken Krimstein Bloomsbury Publishing Am I intelligent enough to critique the life’s work of philosopher and political theorist Hannah […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • April 17, 2019
    • Lit , Reviews

    Book Review—Go Down, Moser: Way Down in Chicagoland

    Chicago: From Vision to Metropolis By Whet Moser Reaktion Books Ltd. Does full-disclosure apply to Twitter acquaintances? If so, I know Whet Moser from the internet. I don’t follow many […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • March 27, 2019
    • Lit , Reviews

    All the Dery Details—Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey—Book Review

    Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery Little, Brown and Company If cartoonist Edward Gorey didn’t exist, we would have had […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • February 27, 2019
    • Fiction , Lit , Reviews

    Review: Ohio by Stephen Markley Doesn’t Quite Reach Its Destination

    Ohio Stephen Markley Simon & Schuster  Reviewed by Carr Harkrader Ohio, the debut novel by Stephen Markley, is a bumpy journey that doesn’t quite reach its destination. It starts with […]

  • Guest Author
  • January 31, 2019
    • Lit , Reviews , Stages

    Review: Hamilton Is the Star in Tribune Critic Chris Jones’ Broadway Book Rise Up!

    The Capitol building in Washington DC is sometimes referred to as the People’s House, a great gathering place where the exchange of ideas (some new, some radical, some contradictory) is […]

  • Matthew Nerber
  • January 24, 2019
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