A Conversation with Jennifer Lang – Chicago Review of Books

A Conversation with Jennifer Lang – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Imagine putting your relationship under a microscope and then sharing what you’ve discovered with the world. That is exactly what Jennifer Lang has done in her memoir Places We Left Behind, and we are all the better for it.  When American-born Lang, a secular tourist, falls in love with French-born Philippe, an observant immigrant, … Read more

An Interview with Gayle Brandeis about “Drawing Breath” – Chicago Review of Books

An Interview with Gayle Brandeis about “Drawing Breath” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] How many of us appreciate the miracle that is our breath? Appreciate our bodies—our whole bodies, including our curves, our folds, our very flesh? What do breath, the body, and our feelings about both, have to do with writing anyway? If you were to ask Gayle Brandeis what breath and the body have to … Read more