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'Love and Blood': Tough Lovenew
Why soccer superfan Jamie Trecker is U.S. Soccer’s harshest critic.
Chicago Reader |
Scott Eden |
11-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Selling Ain't Wrongnew
What punk still doesn't get about capitalism.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
'See You in Court' Makes the Case for More Democracynew
What starts as an argument that Republicans are responsible for out-of-control litigation ends up as a sharp critique of the entire American system.
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
I've Grown Attached to My Embryosnew
In vitro fertilization gave Beth Kohl a new perspective on reproductive rights and religion.
Chicago Reader |
Julia Thiel |
11-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sam Quinones Looks at Both Sides of the Bordernew
This new collection of stories shows that Mexican immigration isn't just transforming the U.S. -- it's also transforming Mexico.
Chicago Reader |
Linda Lutton |
10-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
Stuart Dybek, the Budding Geniusnew
Can the 65-year-old silence critics who say the MacArthur Foundation picks authors who are over the hill?
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
10-01-2007 |
Books
The Best Little Whorehouse in Chicagonew
Karen Abbott tells the story of the city's most exclusive brothel -- and the reformers who shut it down.
Chicago Reader |
Dan Kelly |
07-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'The River Cottage Meat Book' vs. 'The Bloodless Revolution'new
These two books beg the question: Could conscientious meat-eating be better for animals than vegetarianism?
Chicago Reader |
Nicholas Day |
07-16-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
'Pushed': The Obstetric-Industrial Complexnew
Jennifer Block's expose on birth in America just emphasizes how little the problems of American obstetrics have changed.
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
07-02-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Black on the Block': The Mixed-Income Mythnew
Northwestern prof Mary Pattillo on why even the black middle-class can't save a poor black neighborhood in Chicago.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
06-19-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Improbable Success of Chicago Review Press, Inc.new
One man's niche is another man's treasure.
Chicago Reader |
Scott Eden |
06-04-2007 |
Books
Their Job Is Murdernew
Kevin Davis takes a book-length look at the homicide specialists in the Cook County Public Defender's Office.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
06-04-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Defending the Damned, Kevin Davis
A Little Secret About 'The Secret'new
The best-selling self-help book Oprah's thrown her muscle behind appears to contain at least one fabrication.
Chicago Reader |
Julia Rickert |
06-04-2007 |
Books
Tags: Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
The Year of Eating Locallynew
Two households go to extremes to show how it's done in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and Plenty.
Chicago Reader |
Martha Bayne |
05-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
The Atheist Who Went to Churchnew
Hemant Mehta on his new book, I Sold My Soul on eBay.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
04-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
