Maryse Meijer’s ‘Northwood’ Is 2018’s Most Unique Novella
On the heels ‘Heartbreaker,’ Meijer returns with an emotional horror novella.
Category: 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
‘Pulse’ Is a Brisk Detective Thriller With a Sci-Fi Twist
A conversation with Chicago’s own Michael Harvey.
The Mass Murder of Queer People That America Forgot
Robert Fieseler on ‘Tinderbox’ and the 1973 Up Stairs Lounge arson attack.
What Did Early Science Fiction Writers Think of Mars?
A lot! We spoke with Mike Ashley about ‘Lost Mars: Stories from the Golden Age of the Red Planet.’
Therese Anne Fowler Reminds Us How Insane the Gilded Age Really Was
A conversation with the author of ‘A Well-Behaved Woman,’ a novel of the Vanderbilts.
How Nicole Chung Wrote 2018’s Most Talked-About Memoir
A conversation with the author of ‘All You Can Ever Know.’
JFK’s Assassin Roams Free in Lou Berney’s ‘November Road’
I managed to insult Lou Berney in the course of this interview by fact-checking that he wasn’t old enough toContinue Reading
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
Revisiting the Crime of the Century
‘The Leopold and Loeb Files’ explores the dark side of the American dream.
