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Sympathy for the Devil: In Conversation with Poet-Author Ananda Lima

The devil Lucifer wanted for himself what only God could have and that was evil. His pride and his greed were his downfall—banished to Hell, he became evil itself. The case is open and shut. Unless it...

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Can’t-Miss Fall Lit Events (Fall Arts Preview 2024)

Mark your calendars early for these literary highlights of the fall season.

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Triple Jointed: A Review of “The Best Lies” by David Ellis

Local judge David Ellis has again proven his adeptness at the crime thriller with his very entertaining new novel, "The Best Lies."

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Lit Top 5: October 2024

Chicago Humanities brings everyone from Natasha Threthewey to R.L. Stine to the stage this October. Plus four other literary events not to miss.

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A Small Detail: Heidi Bell On “Signs of the Imminent Apocalypse”

Heidi Bell, whose previous short story work has already won multiple fiction awards, argues in her upcoming debut collection that the apocalypse is already here. With stories that range all the way...

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Thinking with Your Entire Being: An Interview with Writer and Editor Donna...

Donna Seaman, editor-in-chief of Booklist, talks about the engrossing “River of Books: A Life in Reading,” her most personal book to date.

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Lit Top 5: January 2025

A season of book launches from Chicago's literary world.

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Travels Real and Imagined: Zachary Cahill and His New Book “Unicorn Death...

Part travel guide, part poetry compilation, part illustrated fiction almost reminiscent of Carroll’s "Alice in Wonderland," part homage, and part collection.

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“Immediacy” One Year Later: A Conversation with Anna Kornbluh

Kornbluh’s 2024 book, “Immediacy: Or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism,” introduces “the one word that explains art now” according to Artnet News and earned the author a spot on ArtReview’s one hundred...

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The Dancer’s Daughter: Elise Paschen’s “Blood Wolf Moon” Explores Her Osage...

Elise Paschen’s sixth poetry collection is a crystallization of her life’s work as a champion of Native American and poetry culture. The poems that comprise “Blood Wolf Moon" create a narrative of...

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