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Every Story in ‘Hardly Children’ Started With the First Sentence
Chicago-based Laura Adamczyk on her debut collection from FSG.
Here Are the Winners of the 2018 Chicago Review of Books Awards
Last Saturday, we announced the third annual Chicago Review of Books Awards during a live ceremony at Volumes Bookcafe. InContinue Reading
The 10 Best Poetry Books of 2018
Including Natasha Trethewey, Fatimah Asghar, and Emily Jungmin Yoon.
3 Contemporary Poets on the Body and the Interior Life
In this month’s Poetry Today: Steven Sanchez, Amy Sayre Baptista, and Shara Lessley.
‘Evening in Paradise’ Is More Proof of Lucia Berlin’s Sainthood
On FSG’s second Berlin collection, two years after ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women.’
Maryse Meijer’s ‘Northwood’ Is 2018’s Most Unique Novella
On the heels ‘Heartbreaker,’ Meijer returns with an emotional horror novella.
What Ben Lerner’s ’10:04′ Teaches Us About Failure
Every now and then a book comes along that changes how you think about yourself, the world, even books themselves.Continue Reading
How Amazon’s New “Cli-Fi” Collection Expands the Genre
Burning Worlds is Amy Brady’s monthly column dedicated to examining trends in climate fiction, or “cli-fi,” in partnership with Yale Climate Connections.Continue Reading
The 10 Best Science Fiction Books of 2018
From arctic metropolises to killer plants.
‘Pulse’ Is a Brisk Detective Thriller With a Sci-Fi Twist
A conversation with Chicago’s own Michael Harvey.
