Silence and Shame in “Ordinary Human Failings” – Chicago Review of Books

Silence and Shame in “Ordinary Human Failings” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Megan Nolan’s highly-anticipated sophomore novel carries the author’s essential voice into new and familiar territories. As a writer of essays, criticism, and fiction, Nolan is undoubtedly skilled at expounding facets of culture that divide and unite; her previous work, such as her column in The New Statesmen, explores modern anxieties, aesthetics, ideas of place … Read more

A Conversation with Adriana Chartrand on “An Ordinary Violence” – Chicago Review of Books

A Conversation with Adriana Chartrand on “An Ordinary Violence” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] When she moved to Toronto—not far from the windy, desolate plains where she grew up—Dawn thought she had escaped the traumas of her past. And yet, when her life doesn’t go as she hoped it would in the big city, she finds herself driving back to the small town of her childhood—where her mother … Read more

Seeing Through the Kaleidoscope of “Ordinary Notes” – Chicago Review of Books

Seeing Through the Kaleidoscope of “Ordinary Notes” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The whiplash changes that mark our days have made us ripe for new forms of expression that can help us see our way through. Even as 2021 saw the Black Lives Matter movement attain global impact, Confederate and colonialist monuments come down, and institutions grapple with ways to respond appropriately to calls for equality, … Read more