Theatrical Reverberations in “Cyclorama” – Chicago Review of Books

Theatrical Reverberations in “Cyclorama” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Much of Adam Langer’s finely wrought, raucously funny, and startlingly insightful new novel, Cyclorama, occurs within “The Annex,” an insular and endlessly drama-steeped theatrical enclave of a magnet high school just north of Chicago. True to its title, which refers to a 360-degree canvas in a theatrical rotunda, fashioned to provide a changeable visualization … Read more

The Reverberations of Desire in “Gods of Want” – Chicago Review of Books

The Reverberations of Desire in “Gods of Want” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Middle children often don’t get their due and that’s frequently the case for short fiction as well, wedged between poetry, flash and full-length novels. Yet in the hands of those with a talent for shaping entire worlds in brief pages, they are as powerful as the most economical poem and the weightiest novel. In … Read more