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Anyone who’s joined a beginners’ writers workshop knows the difficulty of reviewing prose that is nowhere near polished. It’s awkward,…

Review: Cora’s Kitchen Shines a Light on Women’s Hopes and Dreams During the Harlem Renaissance

Cora James lives in the heart of the Harlem Renaissance. She works in the Harlem Library, rubbing shoulders with the…

Don’t stay where you’re not wanted. In Ling Ma’s short story collection Bliss Montage, her characters learn this the hard…

Carla Sawyer is a tall, smart-alecky 21-year-old who’s working for a landscaping company until she figures out what to do…

One of the many gifts of Vincent Francone’s new anthology of Chicago stories, Open Heart Chicago, is learning what it’s…

The Fountain By David Scott Hay Whiskey Tit Jasper P. Duckworth is a critic in an alternate universe Chicago for…

Spoon River America: Edgar Lee Masters and the Myth of the American Small Town By Jason Stacy University of Illinois…

Dark Black by Sam Weller Hat & Beard Press One of the opening paragraphs of Sam Weller’s short story “All…

The Loop: The ‘L’ Tracks that Shaped and Saved Chicago by Patrick T. Reardon Southern Illinois University Press Reviewed by…

By Allison Manley How to Walk on Water by Rachel Swearingen New American Press It’s energizing to pick up a short…

Chicago writer Kathleen Rooney recently released her latest novel, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey. A fictional retelling of the true…

Dr. Herbert West & Astounding Tales of Medical Malpractice By Bruce Brown and Thomas Boatwright Arcana Comics Howard Phillips Lovecraft…