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Embrace the Chill: Cold Soups to Send off Summer 27 Aug 2013 | 08:53 am
As I walked the dog the other night, chilly in shorts and t-shirt, a wave of panic washed over me. Could summer be over? It seemed impossible, and yet there it was: the air lifted by a snippy breeze...
Hello, My Concubine: Felipe Ossa’s The Ultimate Stimulus 26 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
BY WILL KENTON The Great Recession ended in June 2009 according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, but its effects have lingered on. And on. And on. It’s depressing to hear so many referenc...
Hearts in a Flash: A Review of Lindsay Hunter, Don’t Kiss Me 22 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
BY ANDREW HERTZBERG In Don’t Kiss Me, her new flash fiction collection, Lindsay Hunter invents worlds populated by characters who invent worlds: Peggy Paula jealous over the popular girls; a delusion...
We’re Not in Kansas, Anymore: An Interview with Mountains 21 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Mountains’ Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp BY JORDAN MAINZER Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp comprise a Chicago duo named after something that you won’t see anywhere near Chicago. But the band...
Cheever, Gossip Girl, Fish Curry: Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians 20 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Kevin Kwan BY KAREN SIEGEL Crazy Rich Asians, Kevin Kwan’s debut novel is a jet setter of a book that follows a group of ethnically Chinese Singaporeans from the United States to Asia to Europe. The...
Just Kids: A Review of Diarrhea Planet, I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams 19 Aug 2013 | 10:22 am
Diarrhea Planet @ SXSW, 2013 BY PETER LILLIS On Diarrhea Planet, are there brown oceans as far as the eye can see? Do the residents of Diarrhea Planet build shit-fearing ships for shelter, or do the...
Practicing Humanity in the Digital Age: A Review of Jaron Lanier, Who Owns the Future? 15 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Jaron Lanier BY CHRIS LANDRIAU People see the world according to what they practice. A journalist friend of mine, for instance, constantly refers to the personal “headlines” he’ll share when we nex...
Picking Herself Up: An Interview with Alela Diane 14 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Alela Diane’s About Farewell BY JORDAN MAINZER Finding love may be the great subject of pop music, but songs about the loss of love also have a wide appeal: whether you’ve had your heart broken, bro...
This Is Your Brain on Comics: An Interview with Lyra Hill, Brain Frame 13 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
BY ANDREW HERTZBERG My introduction to the work of Lyra Hill was on a seasonally appropriate Chicago January evening, on a second floor art gallery in Wicker Park. I walked into the middle of a perfo...
One Life To Live: Shane McConkey’s Last Great Idea 12 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Shane McConkey BY TIM SOHN Shane McConkey was already recognized as one of the most influential skiers of all time when he died at 39 in a BASE jumping accident in the Italian Dolomites in 2009. One...
