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Broad Strokes and Focused Analysis of Motherhood in Carrie Mullen's “Book of Mothers: How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood' (St. Martin's Press)

by Malavika P

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Join us at Madison Street Books for a literary reading night with L'Esprit Literary Review and the University of Illinois Chicago program for writers this FRIDAY, May 10th, at 6pm! Gonna be a fun one...

NBCC member Jake Casella Brookins reviewed Sofia Samatar's 'The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain' for Chicago Review of Books: buff.ly/3y5Pu41

Taking on 'three overlapping aspects of history is no small feat. Watson treats the endeavor with the utmost respect.'

Aaron Coats reviews 'skin & bones' by Renée Watson (@littlebrown)

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'I always knew that I wanted to write about different incarnations of our physical selves. I think we forget that we are our bodies.'

An interview with #AbbyGeni , author of “The Body Farm” (Counterpoint Press)

by Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch

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In Colm Tóibín’s novel LONG ISLAND (Scribner), the 'excellent' sequel to BROOKLYN, we watch as characters 'reflect on some of our deepest hopes and fears about love, regret, and obligation.'

by #rosscollin

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Rachel Khong's REAL AMERICANS (Alfred A. Knopf) captures the anxieties of parenthood—how can I make the world better for my child, how can I make my child safer from the world?—and recognizes the impossibility of offering impenetrable protection.

by Erika Dirk

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I absolutely loved speaking to Courtney, a Black woman opening a bookstore in Hyde Park this Saturday! Read in Chicago Review of Books to learn about what book she'd recommend the Obamas read (which I co-sign) and some fun plans for the grand opening tomorrow chireviewofbooks.com/2024/05/03/the…

Good morning, writers! Breakfast & Book Club is one week from today!

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There's a new bookstore in town! Call & Response is a Black woman owned bookstore in Hyde Park that will prioritize selling books by authors of color. Ariana interviews owner, #CourtneyBledsoe , as she prepares for the grand opening.

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Throughout this collection, McOuat 'offers an encapsulating critique of culture, including its tyranny against women’s bodies.'

Alexander Pyles reviews Allyson McOuat's 'The Call Is Coming from Inside the House' out now from ECW Press

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Join us next week for a special reading with our friends at UIC's Program for Writers and L'Esprit Literary Review at Madison Street Books!

Speaking of podcasts, here's our new Program Curator Ananda Lima on the latest episode of the The Chicago Writers Podcast!

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On the new ep of #chicagowriterspodcast , Ananda Lima, @storystudio's new program curator and author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (@torbooks) talks framing short stories, what makes good horror, finding a project that fits, and more.

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Happy May Day! Here are 12 must-read books coming out this month

Featuring #AbbyGeni Counterpoint Press, Hari Kunzru Alfred A. Knopf, R.O. Kwon 권오경 Riverhead Books, #CynVargas Tortoise Books, #MattLee Northwestern University Press, #GabrielCarle Feminist Press, & more!

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Interviewed Nicolette Polek about her debut new novel Bitter Water Opera Graywolf Press for Chicago Review of Books. chireviewofbooks.com/2024/04/30/bit…