The Chicago Review of Books is gathering a few of Chicago’s most prominent authors to share their favorite books of the year with you at the 2017 Lit Crawl in Andersonville. The author panel is 100% free and open to the public at Women & Children First. We’ll also discuss the challenges of being a writer during the Trump Era, and how the publishing industry is changing. Here are the event details. No tickets or reservations required, but feel free to RSVP via Facebook.
Thursday, September 21
8:15-9:15 p.m. at Women & Children First Bookstore
Author Panel: “The Best Books of 2017 (So Far)”
Featuring recommendations from:
- Jessica Chiarella, author of And Again
- Lindsay Hunter, author of Eat Only When You’re Hungry
- Rebecca Makkai, author of Music For Wartime
- Juan Martinez, author of Best Worst American
- Megan Stielstra, author of The Wrong Way to Save Your Life
- Moderated by Adam Morgan, editor-in-chief of the Chicago Review of Books and all-around good dude
Adam Morgan is a culture journalist and critic who lives near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is the author of 'A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature' (December 9, 2025 from Simon & Schuster), and his writing has appeared in Esquire, WIRED, Scientific American, Inverse, The Paris Review, Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. He is also the founding editor of Alderbrink, the Chicago Review of Books, the Southern Review of Books, and the Chicago Literary Archive.