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Book Review: The Problem of Being Female—Rodham: A Novel

Rodham: A Novel By Curtis Sittenfield Random House We think we should all know her by now. After decades in the limelight, Hillary Rodham Clinton remains, for many, an enigma. […]

  • June Sawyers
  • June 5, 2020
    • Lit , Reviews

    Book Review: Radical of Radicals, Formed in Chicago, Dorothy Day by John Loughery and Blythe Randolph

    Dorothy Day: Dissenting Voice of the American Century By John Loughery and Blythe Randolph Simon and Schuster Dorothy Day—that radical of 20th century radicals, that voice of conscience in the face of a […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • May 28, 2020
    • Comics and Graphic Novels , Lit , Reviews

    Book Review: Banned Book Club—By Kim Hyun Sook, et alia

    Banned Book Club By Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyun-Ju, and Ryan Estrada Iron Circus Comics Alongside guns, flags, and cats, few things spark people’s passions more than books. And why […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • May 18, 2020
    • Lit , Reviews

    Book Review: “The Best Color for Everything Anyway”—Stateway’s Garden by Jasmon Drain

    Stateway’s Garden By Jasmon Drain Penguin Random House There are many reasons to read Stateway’s Garden, Jasmon Drain’s debut story collection, but perhaps the most unexpected is the case it […]

  • Guest Author
  • May 8, 2020
    • Lists , Lit

    Reading in the Face of Death—Book Suggestions for Self-Isolation

    Too many books, not enough time—it’s the eternal struggle of the book lover. Unfortunately, nature and society have conspired to ensure we all shelter in place, self-quarantine, isolate, and otherwise […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • March 21, 2020
    • Lit , Poetry

    Book Review: Everything Is Gone—Everything Must Go: The Life and Death of an American Neighborhood

    Everything Must Go: The Life and Death of an American Neighborhood By Kevin Coval and Langston Allston Haymarket Books What’s the best way to preserve a time and place? I […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • February 19, 2020
    • Fiction , Lit , Live lit events

    Book Review: Into the Light of a Dark, Black Night, Blackbird Blues by Jean K. Carney

    Note: Jean K. Carney will discuss Blackbird Blues at the Seminary Co-Op Bookstore (5751 S Woodlawn Avenue) on Thursday, January 16, at 6 p.m. Blackbird Blues; by Jean K. Carney Bedazzled […]

  • Guest Author
  • January 14, 2020
    • Lit , Poetry , Reviews

    Book Review: The Buddha in Racine—Saturday Night Sage by Noah C. Lekas

    Saturday Night Sage by Noah C. Lekas Blind Owl Reviewed by Carr Harkrader In Noah Lekas’ new poetry collection, Saturday Night Sage, Buddha’s divine path is paved over with Wisconsin […]

  • Guest Author
  • January 10, 2020
    • Beyond , Chicago history , Lit , Reviews

    Book Review: Chicago’s History and Her Story, The World of Juliette Kinzie: Chicago before the Fire, by Ann Durkin Keating

    The World of Juliette Kinzie: Chicago before the Fire Ann Durkin Keating University of Chicago Press, 280 pages, $27.50 When 27-year-old Juliette Kinzie settled with her husband John, the local […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • January 9, 2020
    • Lit , Reviews , Uncategorized

    Book Review: A New Hope—Hopey: From Commune to Corner Office

    Hopey: From Commune to Corner Office Hope Mueller Inspire Books Reviewed by Terry Galvan. Mueller’s incisive autobiography illustrates an inspiring, if unconventional, upbringing in a household where alternative “hippie” culture […]

  • Guest Author
  • December 29, 2019
    • Architecture , Beyond , Chicago history , Design , Lit , Reviews

    Review: Deep South Side, Lee Bey’s Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

    Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side By Lee BeyNorthwestern University Press, 192 pages, $30 Reviewed by Patrick T. Reardon When Lee Bey writes about Pride Cleaners, he […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • December 23, 2019
    • Lit , Poetry

    Book Review: Take Me to the Rivers—Renny Golden’s The Music of Her Rivers: Poems

    The Music of Her Rivers: Poems By Renny Golden University of New Mexico Press, 87 pages, $18.95 Reviewed by Patrick T. Reardon The Pueblo boy with “thick hair…the color of […]

  • Guest Author
  • December 12, 2019
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