A Manifesto for Progressive Bookselling in “The Art of Libromancy” – Chicago Review of Books

A Manifesto for Progressive Bookselling in “The Art of Libromancy” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Bookseller, co-owner, and self-proclaimed libromancer at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Josh Cook offers us a backstage view of some of the inner workings of the world of independent bookselling in his new work of nonfiction. What is a libromancer, you might ask? The suffix –mancer indicates someone who uses magic and the … Read more

A Portrait of Transformation in “Crook Manifesto” – Chicago Review of Books

A Portrait of Transformation in “Crook Manifesto” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] There are few writers working today that have shown as much willingness to work across the breadth of genre and subvert its conventions as Colson Whitehead. From the unique blend of reportage and memoir in The Noble Hustle and the post-apocalyptic horror of Zone One to the speculative fiction of The Intuitionist and the … Read more