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Category: Book Review

Posted inArts & Culture

In Whiteout Conditions, grief permeates the past and present

by Rima Parikh March 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Tariq Shah brings poetry to his debut novel.

Posted inArts & Culture

Jasmon Drain joins the ranks of Chicago’s greatest authors

by Dmitry Samarov February 25, 2020August 18, 2021

His debut collection, Stateway’s Garden, captures the city’s unique, ugly beauty.

Posted inArts & Culture

Riane Konc wants to help you Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance

by Matthew Sigur November 20, 2019August 18, 2021

The choose-your-own-adventure-style parody features all the best tropes and treats of made-for-TV holiday specials.

Posted inArts & Culture

Struggling on God’s rules

by Lily Meyer September 25, 2019August 18, 2021

In Chicago author Goldie Goldbloom’s On Division, a devout 57-year-old Jewish mother works to reconcile her faith with her Hasidic community’s cruelty to her late son.

Posted inArts & Culture

Gentrification pains

by Taylor Moore September 24, 2019August 18, 2021

Everything Must Go pays tribute to the displaced working-class of Wicker Park.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook elevates Chicago’s lesser-heard stories

by Andrea Michelson September 9, 2019August 18, 2021

From Austin to Hegewisch, this essay collection offers snapshots of life in Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Posted inArts & Culture

Indecent Advances tells the secret history of a time when propositioning another man was grounds for murder

by Devlyn Camp June 12, 2019August 18, 2021

And the press stoked antigay paranoia as a way to sell more papers.

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In An American Summer, Alex Kotlowitz creates a portrait of a city battling intractable ills

by Dmitry Samarov April 5, 2019August 18, 2021

He doesn’t offer solutions, but he’s an empathetic witness to the damage done by violence.

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In High-Risers, Ben Austen delivers a long-overdue requiem for Cabrini-Green

by Maya Dukmasova January 30, 2018August 18, 2021

A new history of the notorious project reminds us why public housing mattered to the people who lived there—and why it matters still.

Posted inArts & Culture

Could the selfie smash the patriarchy?

by Alicia Swiz January 10, 2018August 18, 2021

In her book The Selfie Generation, Alicia Eler explores the impact of a cultural phenomenon.

Posted inArts & Culture

Dave Kehr returns with another indispensable collection of film criticism

by Ben Sachs November 29, 2017August 18, 2021

University of Chicago Press issues Movies That Mattered, a follow-up to the longtime Reader staffer’s 2011 book When Movies Mattered.

Posted inArts & Culture

Iliza Shlesinger’s Girl Logic lacks girls and logic

by Alicia Swiz November 29, 2017August 18, 2021

The comedian’s first book is a noxious “celebration” of women.

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Isabel Allende’s mystical new novel is a sly response to anti-immigrant fear

by Kate Scott October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

In the Midst of Winter might have dreamlike qualities, but it’s grounded in real-world problems.

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Story of a Curse—and the Cubs’ curse killer

by Aimee Levitt October 4, 2017August 18, 2021

Author Rich Cohen makes a persuasive—and entertaining—case that, for Cubs fans, the curse was one of the core beliefs that held the universe steady.

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago Renaissance celebrates the people who built the city’s cultural scene

by Aimee Levitt September 20, 2017August 18, 2021

A new book examines the local art and literature milieu in the early 20th century.

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