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Mysteries Past and Present in “Waiting for the Night Song” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 2, 2021 by Amy Brady

[ad_1] Burning Worlds is Amy Brady’s monthly column dedicated to examining how contemporary literature interrogates issues of climate change, in partnership with Yale Climate Connections. Subscribe to her monthly newsletter to get “Burning Worlds” and other writing about art and climate change delivered straight to your inbox. Julie Carrick Dalton’s debut novel, Waiting for the Night Song, hums with … Read more

Romance Books with a Little Family Drama

Book BuzzFebruary 2, 2021 by Anna Lough

[ad_1] As much as I enjoy reading about two people falling in love, I am always intrigued by the relationships that exist outside a budding romance––the connection between a character and their family. I want to know the issues that complicate these relationships––perhaps a complex mother-daughter dynamic, meddling relatives, secrets, or unwavering cultural expectations. Whatever … Read more

Strikers Sit Down and Win in “Midnight in Vehicle City” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 2, 2021 by Ross Collin

[ad_1] On December 30, 1936, workers took over the General Motors factory in Flint, Michigan and held it for 44 days, facing down bosses, vigilantes, and police. Through their strike, workers won a living wage, better working conditions, and recognition of their union, the United Automobile Workers of America (the UAWA, later known as the … Read more

12 Must-Read Books for February – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 2, 2021 by Editorial Staff

[ad_1] Was it really almost a year ago that Parasite won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, the last indisputably great thing to ever happen? Hard to believe, but it’s true. February is usually a time for letting loved ones know what they mean to us, but if it’s a little difficult to get that … Read more

28 Stories You Can Read Online for Black History Month – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 1, 2021 by Editorial Staff

[ad_1] 2020 was a year full of reckonings. For the publishing industry, it meant coming face to face with its continued failures to address a lack of diversity in their companies, and in their slates of authors. According to an Opinion column published in the New York Times entitled “Just How White is the Book … Read more

Generational Trauma in Avni Doshi’s Booker Prize Finalist “Burnt Sugar” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsJanuary 30, 2021 by Malavika Praseed

[ad_1] “My mother is forgetting, and there is nothing I can do about it. There is no way to make her remember the things she has done in the past, no way to baste her in guilt.” With this, we are thrust into the cruel, callous, complicated world of Avni Doshi’s Burnt Sugar, a world … Read more

Separation and Belonging in “Bride of the Sea” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsJanuary 30, 2021 by Michael Welch

[ad_1] One of fiction’s greatest possibilities is how it can exist as something both intimate and grand, simultaneously exploring the life of a character and the world they are growing into, until one narrative unfolds into many. Bride of the Sea does just this, as the novel intertwines the dissolution and reconstruction of a single … Read more

Guidelines on How to Survive in “The Swallowed Man” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsJanuary 26, 2021 by Michael Pittard

[ad_1] Edward Carey’s latest book, The Swallowed Man, is a retelling of the classic Pinocchio fairy tale from Gepetto’s perspective. Gepetto is left alone for much of Carlo Collodi’s original story, so Carey saw an opportunity to both write his version of events and create a visual art exhibition of the weird and wild creations … Read more

Duality, Complexity, and the Architecture of a Story in “Consent” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsJanuary 25, 2021 by Ian J. Battaglia

[ad_1] Annabel Lyon, an award-winning writer first hailed for her short stories, and later for her work in both YA fiction and historical fiction, continues to find new ways to broaden her reach in her latest novel Consent, which draws from both literary fiction as well as the thriller. Consent might be closest to Lyon’s … Read more

5 Books That Shaped Nikita Gill

Book BuzzJanuary 24, 2021 by Anna Lough

[ad_1] The Girl and The Goddess was a revelation to work on. Not only was it a difficult book to write as it was so personal and left me feeling vulnerable, but it was also a journey into both religion and myth and the divine feminine within the modern woman. The truth is, I am … Read more