Intersections Between Pain and Pleasure in “Brutalities” – Chicago Review of Books

Intersections Between Pain and Pleasure in “Brutalities” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Margo Steines knows something about pain. At seventeen, while growing up in New York City, she became a dominatrix, her first-ever job. She was a sex worker for a decade, later running her own S/M dungeon—kicking, punching, and otherwise assaulting consenting, paying adult males for a living. She developed a romantic—albeit increasingly tumultuous and … Read more

The Intergalactic Intersections of “The Space Between Worlds” – Chicago Review of Books

The Intergalactic Intersections of “The Space Between Worlds” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Sometimes the separation between the lived experiences of neighbors can be just as profound as if they grew up on different planets. Privilege, opportunity, and access can be shifted by the smallest geographic space, a city street, or a country’s border. Few understand this truth better than the protagonist of Micaiah Johnson’s debut novel, … Read more