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Home » I Sailed With Magellan

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I Sailed With Magellan vs. The House on Mango Street: Greatest Chicago Book tournament, round two

by Wendy McClure February 9, 2015August 18, 2021

The last bout of round two features two semiautobiographical story collections by two poets-turned-fiction-writers about growing up in changing Chicago neighborhoods.

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It’s time to vote in round two of the Greatest Chicago Book Tournament

by Aimee Levitt January 13, 2015September 27, 2021

Start voting for the next round in our book tournament!

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The Adventures of Augie March vs. I Sailed with Magellan: Greatest Chicago Book Tournament, round one

by Julia Thiel January 5, 2015August 18, 2021

In a contest between work by two Chicago masters, our judge decides that one is great while the other is a great cure for insomnia.

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More of the best books I read this year

by Aimee Levitt December 26, 2014August 18, 2021

A Reader writer looks back on a year in reading.

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The Greatest Ever Chicago Book Tournament

by Aimee Levitt November 19, 2014August 18, 2021

Between now and April, the Reader and its readers will be choosing the greatest book ever written about Chicago.

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Is Stuart Dybek one of the greatest-ever Chicago writers?

by Aimee Levitt May 30, 2014August 18, 2021

His new collection, Paper Lantern, makes a pretty good case.

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