“Eyeth—get it? In the Deaf storytelling tradition, utopia is called Eyeth because it’s a society that centers the eye, not the ear, like here on Earth.” That’s the opener to “Ear vs. Eye: Deaf Mythology,” one of the many brief lessons sprinkled between the chapters of Sara Nović’s realistic fiction novel True Biz, released March […]
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Jasmon Drain joins the ranks of Chicago’s greatest authors
His debut collection, Stateway’s Garden, captures the city’s unique, ugly beauty.
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On the amazing effect of Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The new One Book, One Chicago selection, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, is still amazing after a dozen reads, writes Aimee Levitt.
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Fighting Lies With Fiction
Green Zone reduces America’s blundering invasion of Iraq to a generic thriller.