Exploring Utopian Possibility in “The Mandorla Letters” – Chicago Review of Books

Exploring Utopian Possibility in “The Mandorla Letters” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] While award-winning creative flutist, composer, and bandleader Nicole Mitchell Gantt is no longer based in Chicago, she has certainly left a legacy. She was the first woman president of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and founder of the Black Earth Ensemble (BEE), “a musical celebration of the African American cultural … Read more

The Letters of Memory in “Cleave” – Chicago Review of Books

The Letters of Memory in “Cleave” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In an interview with Rappahannock Review, Holly Pelesky described the process of planning to write a memoir during her MFA program: “We discussed what it was I had to say and in doing so, recognized I stored my memories in objects or places—tangible places.” The resulting book, Cleave, is a memoir told through the … Read more