Comedians Sophie Krueger and Frannie Comstock break down the YA book series.
Category: Lit Feature
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Back in the burbs
Author Jason Diamond reflects on his Chicagoland suburban-spiration.
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John D’Emilio dives deep into queer archives
With his new book, the historian highlights underappreciated LGBTQ trailblazers.
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Kathleen Rooney’s love letter to pigeons
The historical novel Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey gives the misunderstood creatures their due.
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Semicolon Bookstore is a community, online and off
The Black-owned bookstore thrives as a community-oriented business.
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The Chicago Independent Bookstore Map
Chicago has been frequently touted as a writer’s town; a place where writers can work on their craft and thrive. Of course writers are nothing without an audience to read them, and the bevy of bookstores in Chicagoland is one indication that we’re also a reader’s town—not just a place where people make books, but […]
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The Beauty of Your Face isn’t afraid to get ugly
In Sahar Mustafah’s debut novel, The Beauty of Your Face, a terrorist attack opens a window on the story of a Palestinian American family in Chicago.
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The Dial’s next chapter
How one couple channeled their love for books and each other into running a business
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Beyond the Canon highlights BIPOC playwrights
If you want to decolonize theater, start with the script.
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Stanzas in place
The Chicago Poetry Center gives CPS students virtual literary lessons.
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Poetry at a distance
Poets come together to share the joy, pain, and hope from the pandemic in a new video project.
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14 East tackles the wilderness of isolation
The DePaul-based online magazine adapts its annual live storytelling event for quarantine.
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One murder, four years, no answers
A mother takes to podcasting wondering if CPD did “a cover-up or are they just this damn incompetent?”
