Glögg and Carols at Simon’s Tavern
They come every year around this time, gathering at the long bar or huddling around the worn wooden tables. Many stand in the middle of the floor shoulder to shoulder […]
Review: They All Stand Up, Louis Sullivan: An American Architect, by Patrick F. Cannon and James Caulfield
Can something be both overexposed and unseen? After years of black and white images of Louis Sullivan’s buildings being demolished or in the midst of eradication, we tend to think […]
Review: A Testament to Survival and Listening, Also Here: Love, Literacy, and the Legacy of the Holocaust, by Brooke Randel
In 1944, at the age of 13, Brooke Randel’s grandmother Golda Indig was with her older sister in the German death camp of Auschwitz. They had been separated from the rest […]
Essay: Reading in Public and My Review of The Vegetarian, a Book That Started Conversations
Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and beyond. […]
Chicago Is Lit: Poetry Brothel and More December Events
Chicago’s literary scene heats up this weekend at the relaunch of the Poetry Brothel’s local chapter. For those who like their poetry with a side of burlesque, this event bills […]
Holiday Gift Ideas: Noteworthy Art Books Published in 2024
Looking for gift ideas for art lovers in your life? Or perhaps you want to treat yourself by buying a book that will not only inspire and educate you about […]
Review: Take a Vulgar Picture, Vivian Maier Developed, by Ann Marks
Vivian Maier snapped pictures of a thousand other lives while making the lightest impression on life herself. In her biography Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny, […]
Feature: The Booker Prize Brings Together Book Lovers Worldwide in a Virtual Book Club
Tuesday, November 12, was an exciting day—it was Oscars night for book nerds. That was the day the Booker Prize, the most prestigious literary prize in the world, was awarded. […]
Dialogs: Five-Star Authors in a Five-Star City
The Chicago Humanities Festival brought two midwest authors to Northwestern’s campus last Saturday afternoon and a packed crowd of literature lovers. Rebecca Makkai and Indiana’s John Green had the audience […]
Review: Crawling into Puloma Ghosh’s Mouth
Puloma Ghosh takes full advantage of the mouth’s symbolic potential in Mouth, a debut collection of weird, subversive stories. These horror and horror-adjacent stories are about women, identity, relationships, and […]
Review: Exploding Myths: Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports by Mark Jacob and Matthew Jacob
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A Letter: To the Man with the Red Checkered Shirt, Funny Hat, and Cigar
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