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Race, Schools and A Nation’s Woes: A Review of “Ghosts in the Graveyard” by...
A chronicle of Chicago’s racial segregation and the resistance of students, parents, educators and activists who refuse to be silenced in the face of injustice.
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Night Terrors: A Review of “Northwood” by Maryse Meijer
“Your hands on my throat, that bruise lace they left behind—those crown jewels, that ghost necklace.”
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Culture Maker: A Review of “South Side Venus” by Mary Ann Cain
The first biography of African American arts mover and shaker, Margaret Burroughs.
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A Tale of Two Cities: Rosellen Brown Discusses “The Lake on Fire”
The Gilded Age, the grandeur of the Columbian Exposition existed alongside terrible poverty. The details have changed, but desperate need hasn't, nor have attentive people stopped searching for ways to...
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Angels and Beasts: An Interview with Poet Ruben Quesada
"How can we have faith in humanity when our own survival is at risk?" Ruben Quesada thinks about love, sexuality and the human spirit.
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Stitched Together: Krista Franklin Discusses “Under the Knife”
"'Under the Knife' is an actual body that’s been taken apart and stitched back together in a number of ways, much like my own body."
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What Lies Beneath: A Review of “Hardly Children” by Laura Adamczyk
The characters in Adamczyk’s debut collection demand attention.
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Wordsmithing: Learning Craft and Community at StoryStudio
"We want to teach the craft of writing and the rules of storytelling so you use your craft to break those rules and find your own voice."
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Playing With Imaginary Friends: Scott Turow Discusses Writing
"There is one way to become a writer: write. Don’t talk about it, do it!"
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Many Muslims: A Review of “Halal If You Hear Me”
“Let us create a poetics that recreates the hamaam, where we can come in our real, naked skin, sit in the water and talk openly.”
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Loss and Gain: A Review of “Documents” by Jan-Henry Gray
Gray uses the unfettered landscape of poetry to release himself and others from the limitations that aggrieve undocumented immigrants.
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Sex and a Single Midwestern Girl in New York: Renée Rosen discusses “Park...
I loved her courage and flat out chutzpah. She was a 105-pound powerhouse who wasn’t afraid to stand up for herself and ultimately for all woman.
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Altered States: T Fleischmann Discusses “Time Is The Thing A Body Moves Through”
"It's okay, you don't have to be this way anymore" can be a radically liberating idea.
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Witness to Trauma: A Review of Howard Reich’s “The Art of Inventing Hope:...
In a world that has been overtaken by the material, Reich's book reminds us that each of our lives exist in relation to so many others.
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The Limits of Love: A Review of “Life of Ganesh” by Syed Afzal Haider
An alluring reflection on the limits of love in the beliefs we hold, and how we hold them.
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Literati of the Moment: Eve L. Ewing
Eve inspires, entertains, educates, confronts and challenges…
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The Conversation: Alex Kotlowitz discusses “An American Summer: Love and...
Alex Kotlowitz spent five years working on "An American Summer," and his long and illustrious career as a reporter foreshadowed what, finally, we would read.
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Complicating Things: Rachel DeWoskin lightens up with “Banshee”
“I've come to think more and more over the years that the domain of creative writers is to ask and complicate questions…"
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The Magic of Mushrooms: A Review of “Burn the Place” by Iliana Regan
Regan’s struggles and eventual triumph make “Burn the Place” a riveting read.
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Lessons From A Tragic Summer: Authors Eve L. Ewing and Simon Balto take on...
"[These issues] are not going to revert back to some better and more equitable state, because they did not originate in a better or more equitable state. We must face that, before anything else.”
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