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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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Rocky Road: A Review of “Maxwell Street: Writing and Thinking Place” by Tim...
The loss of Maxwell Street still smarts.
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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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Oh, Canada. A Review of “The Art of Diplomacy” by Bruce Heyman and Vicki Heyman
What's an ambassador (to) do?
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Signs of Those Times: A Conversation with Jinx and Mr. C about “Compliments...
For gangbangers in Chicago, knowing your “Lit”—literature of rules, structures, symbolism, dress code, ideology and code of conduct—can be the difference between life and death.
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The Origin Story of Chicago Theater: A Review of “Ensemble”
A wide-ranging look at the last seventy years of Chicago theater, as compiled by author Mark Larson from more than 300 interviews with actors, directors, writers and administrators.
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Art Held Hostage: A Review of “Hitler’s Last Hostages: Looted Art and the...
The art world remains the “world's largest legal but unregulated industry.”
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Between Homeland and Becoming American: A Review of Dominic Pacyga’s...
Pacyga's seventh book is a chronological account of how the Polish diaspora, the Polonia, established itself in Chicago.
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Chronicling Chicago Gangsters: A Review of “The Kosher Capones” by Joe Kraus
“The Kosher Capones” starts with the author's mother asking the him to "look into a rumor" about his grandfather, Max Miller.
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A Woman Before the Chicago Fire: A Review of Ann Durkin Keating’s “The World...
Ann Durkin Keating’s book meticulously charts one woman’s course as she works within the confines of established norms to improve and build family first, church second, and community third.
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The Late, the Great, the Front and Side Players: A Review of “Blues Legacy:...
“Blues Legacy: Tradition And Innovation In Chicago” is David Whiteis’ third book on the blues. In it, he weaves the stories of Chicago bluesmen (and women).
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Separation of History and Mythology: A Review of Erik Gellman’s...
Erik Gellman curates a thoughtful selection of Shay’s images that he describes through a seamless cultural and political narrative of Chicago.
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Witnessing History: A Review of Justus Rosenberg’s “The Art of Resistance: My...
From the title, you might think Justus Rosenberg's book is a World War II version of the “The Anarchist Cookbook.” However, it reads like a John Le Carre novel.
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Ode to An Icon: A Review of John F. Hogan’s The Chicago Water Tower
By skillfully mixing historical facts with local lore, Hogan takes the reader back to shortly after the Civil War when Chicago was the new frontier.
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More Than Meets the Eye: A Review of Blake Gopnik’s Warhol
“Warhol” is a massive new biography that reminds us that there’s more to Andy than meets the eye.
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