The Boundary Between Intrigue and Obsession in “Y/N” – Chicago Review of Books

The Boundary Between Intrigue and Obsession in “Y/N” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] You may scoff, but I attribute the day that I watched my first K-pop video as one of the most influential days in my short life.  In May 2020, the Minnesota lakes were heating up amidst a raging pandemic. I returned home in March as everything shut down, desperate for stability while people fell … Read more

Obsession as Catharsis in “Souvenirs from Paradise”  – Chicago Review of Books

Obsession as Catharsis in “Souvenirs from Paradise”  – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] “Obsessions are a way of knowing a person,” Erin Langner writes, and obsession is certainly a central subject in her debut essay collection, the Zone 3 Press Nonfiction Book Award-winner Souvenirs from Paradise. In its pages, Langner explores how her relentless “object appreciation” and preternatural curiosity have led her back to the Las Vegas … Read more

Obsession and Alternate Realities in “Red Pill” – Chicago Review of Books

Obsession and Alternate Realities in “Red Pill” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] We have all, at some point in our lives, awoken to find that something we used to believe is a lie. The world used to look one way, but now you can see right through it, the cracks and the fissures. A part of you is fractured, your self is changed, disconnected, and it … Read more