Kathleen Rooney’s “From Dust to Stardust” – Chicago Review of Books

Kathleen Rooney’s “From Dust to Stardust” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] “Checking out Historical Chicago” is a feature series devoted to the work of historical worldbuilding. The world each featured writer builds is Chicago. And yet, each writer brings Chicago to life differently, with different hammers and bricks, brushes and hands. This series approaches Chicago as a city constantly under construction: a story that is, … Read more

An Interview with Kathleen Rooney on “Where Are the Snows” – Chicago Review of Books

An Interview with Kathleen Rooney on “Where Are the Snows” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] I met Kathleen Rooney soon after moving to Chicago in 2012. Since I grew up in Dallas where women don fresh blond highlights even in their babies’ birth announcements, Kathleen was the most radical person I’d ever met. Who was this intellectual who didn’t want kids, was decidedly going gray, and was a founding … Read more