“I grew up in a nest feathered with words, texts, and books,” Naomi Cohn writes in the first essay of her lyrical debut memoir, The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on […]

Dear Cinnamon is our monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]

Iliana Regan is a Michelin-starred chef and owner of Milkweed Inn deep in the Hiawatha Forest. Regan’s memoir, Fieldwork, recently celebrated its paperback release. It couldn’t have come at a […]

The 2023 Chicago Review of Books Awards shortlist includes literary works ranging in subject matter from queer motherhood to belonging and migration, Chicago’s Black cowboy culture, and women’s overlooked heroism during World War II.

We all carry secrets, but not everyone has the courage to sit under stage lights, before an audience awash in shadows, and tell them to the world. But immigration attorney […]

Monster Portraits is refreshingly original, starting with its unusual form. It’s a collaborative effort between brother and sister duo Del Samatar and Sofia Samatar: Del sets the foundation of the […]

Up in Here is the memoir of writer Mark Dostert. Having written for publications like Salon and the Houston Chronicle, Dostert has written Up in Here, his first full book, about his experience as a […]

Standing onstage, Laura Jane Grace is the embodiment of a punk rocker. Part Joan Jett, part Debbie Harry, Grace commands her pop-punk band Against Me! with ease and a crooked smile. […]