by Stacie Williams February 13, 2019 Number of comments0 Interviews Before ‘The Library Book,’ Susan Orlean Thought She’d Never Write Another “It was just too big of a commitment. It’s just too hard to write books.”
by Rachel León February 12, 2019 Number of comments0 Interviews Maryse Meijer Just Keeps Creeping Us Out in the Most Delightful Way She’s back with a second short story collection, ‘Rag,’ and it’s intense.
by Meredith Boe February 7, 2019 Number of comments0 Interviews How Hala Alyan Creates New Memories through Poetry A conversation with the poet/novelist on ‘The Twenty-Ninth Year’
by Sara Cutaia January 29, 2019 Number of comments0 Interviews If Earth Is Doomed, Pam Houston Wants to Go Out Singing If you know anything about Pam Houston’s body of work, it should be no surprise that her newest book, Deep Creek:Continue Reading
by Taylor Moore January 14, 2019 2 Interviews How Chicago’s Wealthiest Neighborhoods Were Colonized In his debut book, The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago, Daniel Kay Hertz traces theContinue Reading
by Eliot Peper January 7, 2019 2 Interviews Kim Stanley Robinson’s Lunar Revolution The sci-fi author on geopolitics and his latest novel, ‘Red Moon.’
by Rachel León December 12, 2018 2 Interviews Every Story in ‘Hardly Children’ Started With the First Sentence Chicago-based Laura Adamczyk on her debut collection from FSG.
by Sara Cutaia December 5, 2018 Number of comments0 Interviews Maryse Meijer’s ‘Northwood’ Is 2018’s Most Unique Novella On the heels ‘Heartbreaker,’ Meijer returns with an emotional horror novella.
by Amy Brady November 30, 2018 Number of comments0 Interviews 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
by Lori Rader-Day November 19, 2018 1 Interviews ‘Pulse’ Is a Brisk Detective Thriller With a Sci-Fi Twist A conversation with Chicago’s own Michael Harvey.