Make Your Visit Short at the Dream Hotel – Chicago Review of Books

Make Your Visit Short at the Dream Hotel – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In the Lobby of the Dream Hotel is like a Lifetime movie run amok. Author Genevieve Plunkett’s anti-heroine Portia is a thirtysomething aspiring guitarist who struggles with bipolar disorder. Though the story is apparently set in the present day, Portia tries to fulfill a 1950s-housewife role while simultaneously playing in a punk rock band. … Read more

An Interview with George Prochnik on “I Dream with Open Eyes” – Chicago Review of Books

An Interview with George Prochnik on “I Dream with Open Eyes” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] “And now,” writes George Prochnik in his new memoir, I Dream with Open Eyes, “I have left America because the country became alien to me, or because I believe that somewhere out there in the great beyond I might still find a place that sings home?” On that subtle “or” hangs an inquiry.  After … Read more