Conspiracy Theories and Millennial Anxiety in “MONARCH”  – Chicago Review of Books

Conspiracy Theories and Millennial Anxiety in “MONARCH”  – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] “There is no way to tell the story of a great violence,” writes Candice Wuehle in the succinct introduction to her kaleidoscopic debut novel, MONARCH. The story that follows suggests the opposite is true: there are perhaps too many ways to tell the story of a great violence.  As eerie revelations about the “blank … Read more

The Trials of Activism in “Conspiracy to Riot” – Chicago Review of Books

The Trials of Activism in “Conspiracy to Riot” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Lee Weiner was one of the infamous Chicago 7, whose trial became a cause celebre for the left during the manic year of 1968. Weiner was also the only one of the group who actually hailed from Chicago, and whose public profile was smaller than his comrades Tom Hayden and Abbie Hoffman. His memoir … Read more