Queering the “Fiddler on the Roof” Coming to America Story – Chicago Review of Books

Queering the “Fiddler on the Roof” Coming to America Story – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Growing up in the 1980s, I could not escape Fiddler on the Roof.  I sat through professional theatrical productions as well as amateur productions at our local public school—my brother’s girlfriend played Tzeitel—and the private Jewish day school I attended through eighth grade. I watched the movie at home, in school, and at Jewish … Read more

“I Had to Have a Different America:” An Interview with Catherine Lacey about “Biography of X” – Chicago Review of Books

“I Had to Have a Different America:” An Interview with Catherine Lacey about “Biography of X” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Open Catherine Lacey’s Biography of X and you will find a fictional book called Biography of X—though its writer, CM Lucca, admits early on that the title is a lie. Lucca’s wife, X, a multidisciplinary artist with a career full of controversy, has died and an unauthorized biography has been published. Lucca is determined … Read more

The Trajectory of America in “On Shedding an Obsolete Past” – Chicago Review of Books

The Trajectory of America in “On Shedding an Obsolete Past” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The phrase “conservative critic of US foreign policy” generally has a particular connotation. One imagines a sweaty call for even more bombs, more spending, more muscle against every enemy real and imagined. It is assumed the more force the better, no matter the outcome.  That’s not the style of Andrew Bacevich, a long-time critic … Read more