A review of Renee James’s Coming Out Can Be Murder
Tag: Spring Books
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It’s springtime for books on the Bleader
This week’s Variations on a Theme: our annual Spring Books Issue
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Spring Books 2012: What’s a publisher to do?
For the 2012 edition of spring books, the Reader explores modern bookmaking
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In their words: Rian Murphy, head of staff and sales, Drag City
Rian Murphy of Drag City on publishing books that are right for your imprint
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In their words: Mike Levine, acquisitions editor, Northwestern University Press
Mike Levine of Northwestern University Press on how to deliver books to readers
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In their words: Doug Seibold, founder, Agate Publishing
Doug Seibold, founder of Agate Publishing, on how it’s good to be a small publisher
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In their words: James O’Neill, Senior VP, marketing strategy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
James O’ Neill, Senior VP of marketing strategy at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, on how technology changes educational publishing
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In their words: Victor David Giron, publisher, editor in chief, publicist, and accountant, Curbside Splendor
Victor David Giron of Curbside Splendor on the art of and behind book-making
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Finding Thomas McGuane
Luis Alberto Urrea discovered a master in beat-up paperbacks.
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The Bop-Bop-Bop and Be of Ball
John Edgar Wideman showed Bayo Ojikutu where the silences are.
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Vonnegut’s Disciple
Slaughterhouse-Five gave Joe Meno a path to The Great Perhaps.
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Tag-along Apprentice
Chicago poet David Hernández had a beat and Achy Obejas could dance to it.
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A Chelsea of One’s Own
Patti Smith’s Just Kids helped Gina Frangello remember the instant symbiosis of young artists.
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Spring Books: Homages
Five Chicago novelists on the books and writers that inspired them.