For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] I seem to be rather obsessed with the theme of justice in my novels. But what is justice, exactly? For me, it is even-handed: the simple cause and effect that runs through most stories. If a character makes a decision, it has a consequence later on. In my latest release, The Choice, my heroine … Read more
[ad_1] Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, A Burning, begins with a terrorist attack at a train station in Kolkata that claims over one hundred lives. Jivan, a Muslim teenager who lives in the nearby slums, happens to witness the attack, but when she makes a post on Facebook that is critical of the government response, she … Read more
[ad_1] “The language of butterflies is the language of color,” Wendy Williams writes in her new book centered on the six-legged insects. Lepidoptera have offered delight and visual pleasure for centuries because of their brilliant hues and ostentatious patterns. The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the … Read more
[ad_1] A few years ago, the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens hosted an exhibit on Mad Men. Scripts from the TV show hung next to screens which played those scenes, and seeing that correspondence urged me to think seriously about the storytelling lessons to be learned from TV shows. I began thinking about … Read more
[ad_1] Brit Bennett is an author outside of time. The Vanishing Half is a novel written a century after the Harlem Renaissance. It is a clear and direct descendant of that literary heritage and is a strong entry when compared to its ancestry. Race, class, and gender discussions are wrapped in beautiful language that is … Read more
[ad_1] Emily Henry knows a thing or two about writing sexy men, considering Augustus—the male star of her new book, Beach Read—is incredibly attractive. He’s a writer, he’s gorgeous, he’s smart, he’s troubled, he’s funny, he’s… a dream. So, she’s the perfect person to list her top 10 book boyfriends of all time. Check out … Read more
[ad_1] A third of the way through Ilana Masad’s All My Mother’s Lovers, Maggie Krause, our protagonist, prepares to leave her father and younger brother holding shiva while she sets out to deliver, in person, a handful of letters left by her mother, who unexpectedly died in a car accident: “As the garage door opens … Read more
[ad_1] When we learned that the delightful Emma Straub was writing another book, we were all excited and anxious to get our hands on it—because if we haven’t made it clear, she’s the best. Luckily enough, All Adults Here was our May book club pick and it didn’t disappoint in the slightest. It’s a beautiful novel … Read more
[ad_1] That there are links between music and literature is not a new or original notion. In both, one finds meaning and messages in sets of complex symbols. But comparing the two art forms, listing their differences and similarities, determining what one does better than the other, is no easy task. Namely because both the … Read more
[ad_1] As you may have heard, the coronavirus pandemic has caused a significant dip in advertising for digital publications. The Chicago Review of Books has not been immune to this trend. So the last month we’ve been using our advertising slot to promote ourselves. Or more specifically — we’ve been pushing a two-hour Story Studio … Read more