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, Jan 2, 2013
Fiction Issue 2013
Four reader-submitted stories selected by guest curator Zach Dodson, of Featherproof Books
by Zach Dodson
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Lit & Lectures: Lit Feature
, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Michael Robbins, the poet
"I have a real aversion to poetry readings, even when I'm reading at them."
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Book Review
, Sep 5, 2012
Blacks and blackface
Darkest America
parses the queasy appeal of minstrelsy
by Noah Berlatsky
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Lit & Lectures: Lit Feature
, Aug 29, 2012
A portrait of David Foster Wallace as a midwestern author
The first full biography of the late novelist fails to bring much subtlety to how the region influenced his art
by Craig Fehrman
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Illinois State University
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Book Review
, Aug 14, 2012
Spare them our good intentions
Richard Huzzey's
Freedom Burning
argues that abolitionism fed imperialism
by Noah Berlatsky
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Book Review
, Jun 26, 2012
Joe Meno's inappropriate answer to the Hollywood rom-com
The Chicago author reads from
Office Girl
at the Book Cellar
by Sam Worley
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Book Review
, May 22, 2012
Alison Bechdel remembers Mama
The cartoonist looks at her first troubled relationship in
Are You My Mother?
by Elly Fishman
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Book Review
, Apr 27, 2012
'52' equals zero
DC Entertainment's new line of superhero comics is more of the same nothing
by Noah Berlatsky
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Lit & Lectures: Lit Feature
, Apr 5, 2012
Spring Books 2012:
What's a publisher to do?
Never mind the medium. It's the story that matters.
by Reader staff
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Book Review
, Mar 7, 2012
Adam Levin's strange new short stories
Deep in the land of quirk with a legless lesbian genius and old Jews discussing cunnilingus
by Tony Adler
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Fiction
, Jan 12, 2012
Fiction Issue 2012
Five reader-submitted stories selected by guest curator Goldie Goldbloom, plus a few of our editors' favorites
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Lit & Lectures: Lit Feature
, Dec 22, 2011
Leopold 'Lee' Froehlich, the editor
'Print isn't going to die; it's going to change. Railroads aren't dead and radio's not dead—they just changed.'
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People Issue 2011
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Playboy
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newspapers
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Chicago newspapers
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media
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Forbes
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Robert Coover
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Lit Critic's Choice
, Nov 10, 2011
Rock art, suitable for framing
Thanks to Clay Hayes's
Gig Posters, Volume 2
, you don't have to steal your home decor anymore
by Kevin Warwick
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Book Review
, Nov 3, 2011
What do women think men think about sex?
Two new anthologies,
Men Undressed
and
Windy City Queer
, explore the mysteries of various organisms
by Sam Worley
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Lit Sidebar
, Oct 6, 2011
Light-fingered reading
Rachel Shteir's
The Steal
offers a cultural history of shoplifting
by Julia Thiel
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Lit & Lectures: Lit Feature
, Sep 15, 2011
Freezing moments in time
Artist, writer, and cabbie Dmitry Samarov has a new book
by Robert Loerzel
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Hack: Stories From a Chicago Cab
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Yellow Cab
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drunk Chicago
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Lit Sidebar
, Sep 15, 2011
Our four top literary picks for fall
Chicago Humanities Festival, Alison Bechdel, Daniel Clowes, Women's Voices Weekend, and more
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Book Review
, Aug 25, 2011
Anders Nilsen's Big Questions
Anders Nilsen's massive new comics collection sweats the big stuff
by Jerome Ludwig
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Lit Sidebar
, Aug 18, 2011
Luminarium
, the dense new novel by Chicago writer Alex Shakar
by Pat J. Daily
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Lit & Lectures: Lit Feature
, Jul 13, 2011
Once Upon a River
author Bonnie Jo Campbell
The Michigan writer discusses her new novel.
by Tony Adler
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