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Another Look at Ursula K. Le Guin’s Short Fantasy Novels
Ursula K. Le Guin, who died earlier this year, was known for her award-winning fantasy novels and short stories. TwoContinue Reading
All Hail NYRB For Bringing Back ‘Moderan,’ a Lost Sci-Fi Classic
With enough steel and plastic, what can’t be created and controlled? This is the question that dominates Moderan, a future worldContinue Reading
Are These the 7 Best Debut Novels of 2018?
Here’s the Center for Fiction’s shortlist for the 2018 First Novel Prize.
Abby Geni Tackles Eco-Terrorism in ‘The Wildlands’
Abby Geni’s extraordinary debut novel, The Lightkeepers, was one of the first books we covered at the Chicago Review ofContinue Reading
A Soaring Novel in 116 ‘Flights’
Each of my pilgrimages aims at some other pilgrim,” says the unnamed narrator of Flights, Olga Tokarczuk’s ninth novel, whichContinue Reading
Climate Change Disasters Won’t Just Be Ecological
In ‘The Completionist,’ climate change leads to a fertility crisis and another world war.
Revisiting the Crime of the Century
‘The Leopold and Loeb Files’ explores the dark side of the American dream.
Josh Roark Is Hungry For a New Poetry ‘Frontier’
A conversation with the editor of ‘Frontier Poetry’ and ‘Palette Poetry.’
‘Ohio’ Depicts an Unforgiving Life-after-War in the Midwest
On Stephen Markley’s “knockout” debut novel.
The Perfect Place for a Closed-Door Mystery? A ‘Dark Sky’ Park.
Chicago author Lori Rader-Day talks about ‘Under a Dark Sky.’
