Death’s Blurred Lines in “I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home” – Chicago Review of Books

Death’s Blurred Lines in “I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Most of us would kill for the chance to have one last goodbye with a lost loved one. What if you had that chance? Could even spend a whole road trip with them, revisiting all the ways your lives had intersected? In Lorrie Moore’s first novel since 2009’s A Gate at the Stairs, the … Read more

Finding the Fault Lines of American Society in “Carry” – Chicago Review of Books

Finding the Fault Lines of American Society in “Carry” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Like a murmuration of starlings, Toni Jensen’s new book Carry changes its shape constantly and effortlessly. Its subtitle is A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land, but this book is more than a memoir. It is also a revealing lexicon, a sharp analysis, a well-sourced argument, and a damning indictment. Its form changes even … Read more