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News Thu Aug 20 2009
Bookmarks
- Like poetry? How about Bad Chicago Poetry?
- Sara Paretsky writes quite eloquently about a visit to a French hospital.
- Julie of Publish Chicago recently read The Time Traveler's Wife for the first time and found herself "incredibly pleased with this book."
- The New Yorker's fiction podcast, featuring Joshua Ferris reading and discussing George Saunders's work.
- Rust Wire talks to Alex Kotlowitz about writing about cities and his work focusing on Chicago.
- Chicago Examiner reviews Patrick Somerville's latest novel, The Cradle, and calls the author "a dick." But in a good way.
- A podcast of Aleksandar Hemon with New Hampshire Public Radio on how his fiction parallels his immigrant experience.
- Sean Chercover's Trigger City is named "Favorite Book of 2008" by Crimespree Magazine.
- David Sedaris writes of an Australian experience in the New Yorker.
- You know WWBOR, but how about WWMOR? Or, What Would Michelle Obama Read? Oprah's website gives you a sampling.
- More on the Plan of Chicago by the U of C Press blog and by local blogger Pete Anderson.