Navigating Form and Structure in “I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times” – Chicago Review of Books

Navigating Form and Structure in “I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Chicago is home to an always generative arts and culture scene and is an exceptionally rich poetry town, inspiring and supporting a noteworthy group of America’s finest poets. Dr. Taylor Byas extends that lineage with her debut collection, I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times, which showcases an assured poet exploring weighty concepts of … Read more

Navigating Power in “The Opium Prince” – Chicago Review of Books

Navigating Power in “The Opium Prince” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In her debut novel, The Opium Prince, Jasmine Aimaq centers a frequently overlooked aspect of tumult in Afghanistan: if opium were not in demand, possessing it wouldn’t translate into power. A hierarchy – a royalty of sorts – exists around the creation and distribution of opiates in the East, in no small part because … Read more