Northwestern University Press

New Books from Chicago Authors in 2026 Part I
The Best Short Story Collections of 2025
Finding Joy After Grief: No Stars in Jefferson Park
A picture of the author John Counts, alonside the cover of his debut short story collection, "Bear County, Michigan."
Away From the “Centers of Ambition”: An Interview with John Counts on “Bear County, Michigan”
An Urgent Meditation on Devotion in Maggie Nye’s “The Curators”
Favorite Haunts, and How to Hold Them: A Conversation between Jenny Irish and Colin Bonini
Seminary Offsets Honors the Literary History of Chicago’s South Side with the Reissue of “Divine Days”
A Handful of Poetry Books to Savor Now and Later
12 Must-Read Books of December 2022
“Our Lives Run Parallel with our Pages”: “Everyone Remain Calm,” “Once I Was Cool,” and the Experience of Change