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HAIR FOR MEN by Michelle Winters (House of Anansi Press) is a reassuring, funny, sometimes tragic read that reminds us possibilities exist for as long as we do. reviewed by #GianniWashington chireviewofbooks.com/2024/08/21/rev…
A novel chock full of wrongdoings, generational feuds, and rude awakenings, Jo Hamya's THE HYPOCRITE (Pantheon Books) is a story that will stick with you long after you put it down. by #MadelineSchultz chireviewofbooks.com/2024/08/22/har…
Shades of Orpheus & Eurydice in Eunice Hong’s “Memento Mori” (Red Hen Press) reviewed by Leah Rachel chireviewofbooks.com/2024/08/23/sha…
"Men Have Called Her Crazy" (Simon & Schuster) is Tendler’s story, but it is not an exclusionary one. She invites readers not only to share in her experiences but to consider when they, too, have been made to feel crazy. Erika Dirk reviews: chireviewofbooks.com/2024/08/26/rev…
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"Gender expressions are beautiful mysteries and also normal components of being alive." A conversation with Caro De Robertis, author of THE PALACE OF EROS (Atria Books), by Jen St. Jude ☄️ (is not really here anymore) chireviewofbooks.com/2024/08/27/eno…
While it is easy for a book of this nature to end either in soul-crushing despair or unrealistic optimism, Morris is savvy in her story craft and chooses neither. BLACK BUTTERFLIES by Patricia Morris (Alfred A. Knopf) reviewed by Malavika P chireviewofbooks.com/2024/08/28/reb…
"I’ve been thinking...[how] words and books are important, but they don’t...have the capacity to change the world. It’s when they connect with people...that they matter most." - Dao Tran of Haymarket Books Rachel León's newest Interview with the Editor! chireviewofbooks.com/2024/08/28/int…
Help our friends and colleagues StoryStudio Chicago continue to expand the beautiful writers' community here in Chicago... 3 days left to donate and "buy them a drink" for their 21st birthday :')
A fab list of climate fiction with female protagonists, curated by @snowhydro.bsky.social Sarah Boon, PhD featuring books by Charlotte McConaghy, Lydia Kiesling, and more chireviewofbooks.com/2024/08/29/cli…
September is booked & busy! Featuring new releases from Farrar,Straus&Giroux, W. W. Norton & Company, Catapult Scribner, Coffee House Press, Riverhead Books, Ecco, & more. chireviewofbooks.com/2024/09/03/12-…
Hi X (wtf/ew). I'm once again seeking titles for my list of debut nonbinary, trans, gnc authors for Chicago Review of Books. Is that you? Or a book/author you read this year? Reach out! Here's last year's as an example: chireviewofbooks.com/2023/12/22/61-…
We're thrilled to welcome our new Daily Editor Greg Zimmerman to the team!
"Malört: The Redemption of a Revered & Reviled Spirit" (Chicago Review Press) is "the beverage’s biography, pulling from its actual historic background in combination with anecdotal events (stories of drunken fun, or horror)..." Reviewed by Emily K. Sipiora chireviewofbooks.com/2024/09/04/jos…
The unnamed narrator in Garth Greenwell's SMALL RAIN (Farrar,Straus&Giroux) knows so intimately the complicated, infuriating minutiae of illness, Leah Rachel writes: chireviewofbooks.com/2024/09/05/gar…
Confronting the Horrors of the Past in Olesya Salnikova Gilmore’s novel “The Haunting of Moscow House” (Berkley Publishing) by Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch chireviewofbooks.com/2024/09/03/the…