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Interview: Don Evans, Sandra Cisneros, and the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame

Even via Zoom, Don Evans is passionate about Chicago’s relationship with the written word. A writer, editor, and teacher, Evans is also the executive director of the Chicago Literary Hall […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • March 11, 2021
    • Essays , Lit , Nonfiction , Reviews , Uncategorized

    Review: Flashes of Wry: Fast Funny Women, edited by Gina Barreca

    Note: Gina Barreca, the editor of Fast Funny Women, and Chicagoan Nicole Hollander will read from the collection of 75 essays of flash nonfiction in a Zoom event at 7 […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • March 1, 2021
    • Events , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction

    Interview: Third Coast Review Writer Patrick T. Reardon Keeps Us in the Loop with New Book

    Patrick T. Reardon, a regular contributor to Third Coast Review, recently released his new book, The Loop: The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago (SIU Press). More than a […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • November 19, 2020
    • Essays , Film , Interviews , Lit , Nonfiction

    Interview: Bringing Background Characters to the Fore: A Talk with Author David Lazar

    Sidekicks, comic foils, and other stock and background characters: cinephile and essayist David Lazar loves watching old movie character actors more than the leads. In his latest book, Celeste Holm […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 23, 2020
    • Lit , Reviews

    Review: The Very Near Future—Midwest Futures, by Phil Christman

    Midwest Futures By Phil Christman Belt Publishing The Midwest is a deeply mysterious place to the coastal essayists, pundits, and politicians. Rarely visiting, save to write clunky closed factory and […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • August 20, 2020
    • Lit , Reviews , Uncategorized

    Rubbernecking Rich Living, Chicago Apartments: A Century and Beyond of Lakefront Luxury

    Chicago Apartments: A Century and Beyond of Lakefront Luxury By Neil Harris with Teri J. Edelstein University of Chicago Press, 364 pages, $85 Reading Neil Harris’s Chicago Apartments: A Century […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • July 29, 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
    • 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
    • Essays , Lists , Lit

    Long Books for the Long Hours Ahead

    It’s pretty clear now that my wife Cathy and I—both over that red-alarm age of 60—are going to be spending basically all our time in our home for what could […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • March 20, 2020
    • Events , Lit , Live lit events , Reviews , Uncategorized

    Book review: Mexican and Catholic and Chicagoan, Chicago Catolico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican by Deborah E. Kanter

    Note: Deborah Kanter will speak about Chicago Catolico at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 8, at the National Museum of Mexican Art, (1852 W. 19th St., Chicago). Chicago Catolico: Making […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • January 31, 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
    • Events , Fiction , Interviews , Lists , Lit , Live lit events , Poetry , Reviews

    A Literary Look Back at 2019

    The Third Coast Review Lit Department had a very full year, with new writers Patrick T. Reardon, Terry Galvan, and Carr Harkrader joining us and sharing their impeccable insights. Reardon […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • December 30, 2019
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