The God of Small Things with Mina Seçkin – Chicago Review of Books

The God of Small Things with Mina Seçkin – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Welcome to another installment of a collaboration between the Chicago Review of Books and the Your Favorite Book podcast. Malavika Praseed, frequent CHIRB contributor and podcast host, seeks to talk to readers and writers about the books that light a fire inside them. What’s your favorite book and why? This week’s guest is Mina … Read more

1984 with Said Sayrafiezadeh – Chicago Review of Books

1984 with Said Sayrafiezadeh – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Welcome to another installment of a collaboration between the Chicago Review of Books and the Your Favorite Book podcast. Malavika Praseed, frequent CHIRB contributor and podcast host, seeks to talk to readers and writers about the books that light a fire inside them. What’s your favorite book and why? This week’s guest is Said … Read more

Indifference and Standing in “American Estrangement”

Indifference and Standing in “American Estrangement”

[ad_1] American Estrangement, a new story collection by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, sketches America in both space and time. We are anchored in the here and now, yet the stories do not read as grasping for relevance, or as dated. Rather, Sayrafiezadeh captures one of the most essential feelings of the modern-day United States, apathy, and holds … Read more

Racism and Masculinity in “Give My Love to the Savages” – Chicago Review of Books

Racism and Masculinity in “Give My Love to the Savages” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Chris Stuck knows what he’s doing. In Give My Love to the Savages, his debut short story collection, deliberation and intention shine through. These are stories centered around the anguishes of Black men, rendered here as both heroes and antiheroes. The stories are forthright with their unpacking of masculinity, grief, and identity. And at … Read more

New Episode of Your Favorite Book with Dean Jobb – Chicago Review of Books

New Episode of Your Favorite Book with Dean Jobb – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Welcome to another installment of a collaboration between the Chicago Review of Books and the Your Favorite Book podcast. Malavika Praseed, frequent CHIRB contributor and podcast host, seeks to talk to readers and writers about the books that light a fire inside them. What’s your favorite book and why? This week’s guest is Dean … Read more

New Episode of Your Favorite Book with Brandon Taylor – Chicago Review of Books

New Episode of Your Favorite Book with Brandon Taylor – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Welcome to another installment of a collaboration between the Chicago Review of Books and the Your Favorite Book podcast. Malavika Praseed, frequent CHIRB contributor and podcast host, seeks to talk to readers and writers about the books that light a fire inside them. What’s your favorite book and why? This episode marks the Season … Read more

New Episode of Your Favorite Book with Jesse McCarthy – Chicago Review of Books

New Episode of Your Favorite Book with Jesse McCarthy – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Welcome to another installment of a collaboration between the Chicago Review of Books and the Your Favorite Book podcast. Malavika Praseed, frequent CHIRB contributor and podcast host, seeks to talk to readers and writers about the books that light a fire inside them. What’s your favorite book and why? This week’s guest is Jesse … Read more

Anguish and Acknowledgment in “Unwell Women” – Chicago Review of Books

Anguish and Acknowledgment in “Unwell Women” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Elinor Cleghorn’s Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World is an intriguing exploration of the history of women’s health, specifically how women are perceived as individuals and members of a larger healthcare system. The theme, across countries and time periods, is centered on disbelief. The female body, long-held in a place of … Read more

New Episode of Your Favorite Book with Sanjena Sathian – Chicago Review of Books

New Episode of Your Favorite Book with Sanjena Sathian – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Welcome to another installment of a collaboration between the Chicago Review of Books and the Your Favorite Book podcast. Malavika Praseed, frequent CHIRB contributor and podcast host, seeks to talk to readers and writers about the books that light a fire inside them. What’s your favorite book and why? This week’s guest is Sanjena … Read more

The Atrocities of Partition in “The Parted Earth” – Chicago Review of Books

The Atrocities of Partition in “The Parted Earth” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Despite my Indian-American heritage, Partition to me feels as distant as any historical event. Though my grandparents were children in a pre-Independence India, Partition did not affect their lives directly as they lived in South India, far from the newly drawn borders of India and Pakistan. What I know of Partition comes from books, … Read more