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You’re Invited to the 2019 CHIRBy Awards
Chicago’s biggest literary event of the year.
A Trump Satire That Reads Like Real Life
An interview with author Dave Eggers about “The Captain and the Glory.”
Feeling at Ease in the Dark of Night
A review of Tiffany Francis’s new book, “Dark Skies.”
Language, Translation, and the Intimacy of Community
A review of Teresa Dovalpage’s novel, “Queen of Bones.”
Race and Violence in Early-90s Los Angeles
An interview with Steph Cha about her crime novel, “Your House Will Pay.”
The Language Of A Moment
A review of “Oblivion Banjo: The Poetry of Charles Wright.”
Tragedy In The Year Of Power
A dispatch from Simon Critchley’s talk at the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Lasting Memories Of Home And Horror Through Scents
A review of Lucia Berlin’s posthumous memoir, “Welcome Home.”
A Collection Of Cross-Genre Shivers
An interview with Benjamin Percy about his new short fiction collection, “Suicide Woods.”
A Woman of Substance In Early Chicago
A review of Ann Durkin Keating’s “The World of Juliette Kinzie: Chicago Before the Fire.”
