Cultivating the Arts of Life in “The Guest Lecture” – Chicago Review of Books

Cultivating the Arts of Life in “The Guest Lecture” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] When Martin Riker’s novel The Guest Lecture opens, its main character, Abby, is lying awake in a hotel bed, trying not to wake her husband and daughter, anxiously planning a lecture on the economist John Maynard Keynes that she’s scheduled to give the next day. When the novel ends, Abby is lying awake in … Read more

Cultivating Delight and Meaning with Ross Gay in “Inciting Joy” – Chicago Review of Books

Cultivating Delight and Meaning with Ross Gay in “Inciting Joy” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Ross Gay’s eloquence as a poet is matched by his fluency as an essayist, and over the last half dozen years his focus on the human condition has resulted in a number of justly praised books, including Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, The Book of Delights and Be Holding. The newest addition to that rich … Read more