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Conscious Sexuality in “Ghost Lover” – Chicago Review of Books

Conscious Sexuality in “Ghost Lover” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJune 20, 2022 by Ian MacAllen
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Lisa Taddeo has fostered a reputation for understanding women’s sexual prowess. In Taddeo’s breakout nonfiction book Three Women, she embedded herself in the lives of … Read More

Escaping Patriarchal Exploitation in ‘Avalon’ – Chicago Review of Books

Escaping Patriarchal Exploitation in ‘Avalon’ – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsMay 26, 2022 by Ian MacAllen
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Nell Zink’s debut, The Wallcreeper, splashed onto the literary scene eight years ago, a slim volume about a woman trying to find her place in … Read More

Pain and Isolation at the Edge of the World in “Nobody Gets Out Alive” – Chicago Review of Books

Pain and Isolation at the Edge of the World in “Nobody Gets Out Alive” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsApril 15, 2022 by Ian MacAllen
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Alaska is a place of extremes: geography, isolation, weather—even daylight. These extremes sit at the center of Leigh Newman’s new story collection Nobody Gets Out … Read More

How Italian Food Became American” – An Excerpt from the Book – Chicago Review of Books

How Italian Food Became American” – An Excerpt from the Book – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsApril 4, 2022 by Ian MacAllen
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Millions of Italians arrived in the United States during the great wave of immigration from the 1880s until the Second World War. Dishes like spaghetti … Read More

A Lovely, Unlikable Reflection in “Jerks” – Chicago Review of Books

A Lovely, Unlikable Reflection in “Jerks” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsMarch 24, 2022 by Ian MacAllen
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A cottage industry of likability discourse manifests with regularity, and Jerks, Sara Lippmann’s new collection of stories, will no doubt inspire a certain level of … Read More

Dark Futures in “Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century” – Chicago Review of Books

Dark Futures in “Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsFebruary 3, 2022 by Ian MacAllen
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We’re living through rough times. Pandemics, climate change, volcanic eruptions—each sweeping horror seems worse than the last. In Kim Fu’s new collection of stories, Lesser … Read More

Addiction, Recovery and Motherhood in Lisa Harding’s “Bright Burning Things” – Chicago Review of Books

Addiction, Recovery and Motherhood in Lisa Harding’s “Bright Burning Things” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsDecember 8, 2021 by Ian MacAllen
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Lisa Harding’s second novel, Bright Burning Things, follows single mother Sonya Moriarity, as she slides in the abyss of alcohol abuse, enters a recovery program, … Read More

In “Prepare Her,” the Mass of Women Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation – Chicago Review of Books

In “Prepare Her,” the Mass of Women Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJuly 19, 2021 by Ian MacAllen
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Henry David Thoreau observed that men often lead lives of quiet desperation, and although he omits women, they often also lead lives of quiet desperation, … Read More

The Gray Areas of Emotion in “Objects of Desire” – Chicago Review of Books

The Gray Areas of Emotion in “Objects of Desire” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJune 29, 2021 by Ian MacAllen
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Men and women often have an unequal share of power in their relationships. In the debut story collection, Objects of Desire, Clare Sestanovich explores the … Read More

Dystopian Hypercapitalism in “Firebreak” – Chicago Review of Books

Dystopian Hypercapitalism in “Firebreak” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsMay 4, 2021 by Ian MacAllen
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Science fiction dystopias have often featured authoritarian governments, yet increasingly in the real world, the nation-state is ceding power to privately held corporations. Hypercapitalism threatens … Read More

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