Quiet Grief and Great, Wild Places in “Unsolaced” – Chicago Review of Books

Quiet Grief and Great, Wild Places in “Unsolaced” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] “Home has no walls, no ceiling, nor is its purpose to protect.” So declares Gretel Ehrlich about the moment she identified Wyoming as home in 1975, at age 29, reeling from grief at the loss of her partner and creative collaborator. It’s an authoritative statement and the tone resists contradiction, though it’s not the … Read more

A New Old West in “Outlawed” – Chicago Review of Books

A New Old West in “Outlawed” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] “In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw,” begins the scrappy young heroine of Outlawed, an epic new Western by Anna North. This postapocalyptic, alternate history reimagines the Wild West’s notorious Hole-in-the-Wall Gang as a posse of female and nonbinary robbers forced into a life of crime. Ada is a seventeen-year-old … Read more

Let All the Children Boogie

Let All the Children Boogie

[ad_1] As the Cold War stalls and the threat of nuclear warfare dominates the news, small-town misfits Laurie and Fell bond over a shared love of music and the mystery of the erratic radio messages that hint at the existence of a future worth reaching out for.     for David Bowie and David Mitchell … Read more

COVER REVEAL: Cast in Secrets and Shadow

COVER REVEAL: Cast in Secrets and Shadow

[ad_1] It’s cover reveal time! Today, we’re revealing the cover for Andrea Robertson’s Cast in Secrets and Shadows. Game of Thrones meets An Ember in the Ashes in the second book in this action-packed fantasy from Andrea Robertson, the internationally bestselling author of the Nightshade series. Following the events of Forged in Fire and Stars, Ara has taken up her mantle as … Read more

Exploring the Future of Humanity in “Persephone Station” – Chicago Review of Books

Exploring the Future of Humanity in “Persephone Station” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In Persephone Station, Stina Leicht negotiates the conflict between humanity and technology in a future universe. While many science fiction novels grapple with this central question of what exactly it means to be human, Leicht goes to great length to give us a wide array of characters with diverse gender identities, different planets of … Read more

Join the Graceling Read-Along! – Penguin Teen

Join the Graceling Read-Along! - Penguin Teen

[ad_1] Join us for the Graceling Read-Along! From December 27-January 16th, we’ll be exploring the thrilling world of The Graceling Realm in Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore. Whether you’ve read and re-read the series twice already or are picking it up for the first time, ALL are welcome to join and catch up before the fourth book in the … Read more

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor on Grief, Courage, and Building Community – Chicago Review of Books

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor on Grief, Courage, and Building Community – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Many times in the past tumultuous year, during moments of sadness and isolation, I comforted myself with James Baldwin’s oft-shared quote, “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” It returned to me again when I picked up Cheryl Boyce-Taylor’s new collection Mama … Read more

I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9′ S, Longitude 126° 43′ W)?

I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9′ S, Longitude 126° 43′ W)?

[ad_1] Please enjoy what has become a quiet holiday tradition in the Tor.com offices: the reading of Neil Gaiman’s original story: “I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9’ S, Longitude 126° 43’ W)?” Merry Christmas!   I. Cthulhu, they call me. Great Cthulhu. … Read more

An Interview with Matt Harvey of The TRiiBE – Chicago Review of Books

An Interview with Matt Harvey of The TRiiBE – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] At this year’s CHIRBy Awards, The TRiiBE Staff Writer Matt Harvey won the essay/short story prize for his article “When reporting on movement actions, revolutionary joy must be given the same space as the struggle.” What makes his essay particularly exceptional is also what makes it the journalistic standard at The TRiiBE. There are … Read more