A Love Letter to the Imperfect Self in “Women Without Shame” – Chicago Review of Books

A Love Letter to the Imperfect Self in “Women Without Shame” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] American Book Award-winning author Sandra Cisneros has had a decades-long career publishing both prose and poems, and is perhaps most well known for her first book, The House on Mango Street, a novel told in vignettes. She often mixes Spanish and English, putting to words the in-betweenness of her dual U.S.-Mexico citizenship.  Woman Without … Read more

A Love Letter to Adventurous Women in “The Arctic Fury” – Chicago Review of Books

A Love Letter to Adventurous Women in “The Arctic Fury” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Greer Macallister’s thrilling historical fiction novel, The Arctic Fury, is a love letter to adventurous women, unlikely friendships, and finding possibilities in a bleak, unforgiving wilderness. Set in the 1850s, a mysterious, wealthy woman hires guide Virginia Reeve to lead an expedition to find her husband lost in the Arctic North. The novel opens … Read more

A Love Letter to Capitalism in “Singular Sensation” – Chicago Review of Books

A Love Letter to Capitalism in “Singular Sensation” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Michael Riedel writes his sequel to Razzle Dazzle kicking off where he ended with his well-received history of Broadway. Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway carries on in a similar way as this first book. Both books mention, and seem to be influenced by, William Goldman’s The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway (1969). … Read more