The Mechanics of Visibility in “All the Secrets of the World” – Chicago Review of Books

The Mechanics of Visibility in “All the Secrets of the World” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Steve Almond fans have waited long and hard for his debut novel and crustaceous hell does it deliver. All the Secrets of the World is a masterful, nervy, complex and confrontational work that flays the white beasts of power, excoriates the American dream, and serves up a ferocious indictment of the Fourth Estate, all … Read more

COVER REVEAL: Cast in Secrets and Shadow

COVER REVEAL: Cast in Secrets and Shadow

[ad_1] It’s cover reveal time! Today, we’re revealing the cover for Andrea Robertson’s Cast in Secrets and Shadows. Game of Thrones meets An Ember in the Ashes in the second book in this action-packed fantasy from Andrea Robertson, the internationally bestselling author of the Nightshade series. Following the events of Forged in Fire and Stars, Ara has taken up her mantle as … Read more

Poetic Fables and Guarded Secrets in “The Lost Shtetl” – Chicago Review of Books

Poetic Fables and Guarded Secrets in “The Lost Shtetl” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Deep in the forests of eastern Poland, the town of Kreskol lies forgotten. Through an improbable combination of bureaucratic negligence, unfriendly relations with other Jewish towns, and favorable geography, the Jews of Kreskol — the world’s last shtetl — have escaped the great onslaughts of the twentieth century (the Great War; the Holocaust; Polish … Read more