Found Family, Forests, and Fantastical Storytelling from “In the Lives of Puppets” – Chicago Review of Books

Found Family, Forests, and Fantastical Storytelling from “In the Lives of Puppets” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] With In the Lives of Puppets, Lambda Literary Award-winning TJ Klune offers speculative fiction and young adult readers a fresh new tale. By loosely adapting The Adventures of Pinnochio, Klune tells the endearing story of a father creating life under unorthodox circumstances and a boy on a dangerous journey to a far-off land and … Read more

Leafing through Forests in “The Language of Trees” – Chicago Review of Books

Leafing through Forests in “The Language of Trees” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] We return to the time of green. It’s spring—yes, manifest it—it’s spring. The sharp blades of the most intrepid plants are pushing through earth still cold from winter snow. Where I live, tender white snowdrops still linger from February, watching over newcomer white and lilac crocuses with their creamy orange pistils. Each walk around … Read more