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Brock Kingsley

The Return of “The Red-Headed Pilgrim” – Chicago Review of Books

The Return of “The Red-Headed Pilgrim” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJanuary 24, 2023 by Brock Kingsley
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I’d like to ask Kevin Maloney if he’s familiar with “Return of the Grievous Angel,” the Gram Parsons’ song with themes of wandering, life on … Read More

The Hidden Impact of Architecture in ‘Who Is the City For?’ – Chicago Review of Books

The Hidden Impact of Architecture in ‘Who Is the City For?’ – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsNovember 21, 2022 by Brock Kingsley
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My neighborhood in Fort Worth, TX is undergoing rapid gentrification. It has gone from an industrial area where residents had to dodge tractor trailers to … Read More

Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris” – Chicago Review of Books

Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsAugust 15, 2022 by Brock Kingsley
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Kiki de Montparnasse. Such a great name. It’s an exciting name, an erotic name, a name that evokes a certain place and a certain time. … Read More

Getting to the Heart in ”Last Resort”

Getting to the Heart in ”Last Resort”

Categories Book ReviewsJanuary 21, 2022 by Brock Kingsley
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In a Barbara Smaller cartoon, first published in The New Yorker in 1999, two media executives sit across from each other. They look to be … Read More

More Than Revenge in “Animal” – Chicago Review of Books

More Than Revenge in “Animal” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJune 9, 2021 by Brock Kingsley
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As a cisgender white male, I am least interested in what cisgender white males have to say. Too often, too many suck the oxygen out … Read More

The Horror Behind the Mask in “Night Rooms” – Chicago Review of Books

The Horror Behind the Mask in “Night Rooms” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsMarch 24, 2021 by Brock Kingsley
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When regarding works of art, Kandinsky asked the viewer, listener, reader to consider “[…] whether the work has enabled you to ‘walk about’ into a … Read More

American Racism, American Reckoning in “White Freedom” – Chicago Review of Books

American Racism, American Reckoning in “White Freedom” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJanuary 19, 2021 by Brock Kingsley
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Editor’s Note: This book and this review were written before the insurrection against the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021 1. Two events in … Read More

To Be Excited and Confused in “This Isn’t Happening” – Chicago Review of Books

To Be Excited and Confused in “This Isn’t Happening” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsOctober 2, 2020 by Brock Kingsley
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In his new book, This Isn’t Happening: Radiohead’s “Kid A” and the Beginning of the 21st Century, a story centered on the Radiohead album Kid … Read More

“True Love” Explores What Love Is…and Isn’t – Chicago Review of Books

“True Love” Explores What Love Is…and Isn’t – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJuly 20, 2020 by Brock Kingsley
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In a 2017 interview with The Brooklyn Rail, Sarah Gerard was asked a question about what she was reading. “I’m interested right now in reading … Read More

Paranoia and Connection in “Quotients” – Chicago Review of Books

Paranoia and Connection in “Quotients” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsMay 13, 2020 by Brock Kingsley
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In our current state of semi-solitude, trying to write sentences about other sentences feels alien. I spend too much time staring at screens and reading … Read More

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