Michigander and Chicago adventurer Bonnie Jo Campbell is one of five authors nominated for this year's National Book Award, the nation's most...
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The featured guest for the semi-regular Friday Feature is Tod Goldberg, whose second story collection Other Resort Cities is in bookstores now. You...
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Peter Ferry's debut novel Travel Writing is about a narrator named Peter Ferry who takes a sabattical from his teaching job to uncover the truth about...
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Whether the Gothic Funk is a budding literary empire or an experimental literary collective, it sounds as if they know how to throw a party. Tonight...
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Cicero-born Lithuanian-bred Gint Aras prefers you to know him by his middle name. His full name is Karolis Gintaras Zukauskas, which roughly...
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He's the recipient of the Chicago Public Library's 21st Century Award. He's been called a storyteller you won't forget. His first novel The Cradle has...
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Novelist Steven Schindler spent a decade in television before turning to the novel as a storytelling form. The Bronx native and LA resident spent five...
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Chicago is an enigmatic two-faced town, its glory undeniable and its depravity unavoidable. Bridgeport resident John Hospodka is trying to evoke that...
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Author and Kalamazoo ass-kicker Bonnie Jo Campbell assures me that her Chicago connection is strong. “When I was 14 I was drinking in all the...
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Tonight (7/10/09) a giant paper ball made of shredded rejection letters will be sailing over Chicago streets. Artwork dressed as library submission...
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