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Hang Out With Farm Animals and Chill
The goats at GlennArt Farm provide a rural respite in Austin (just watch your step)
Tackling the New Motherhood Taboo
Julia Fine’s second novel untangles the traumas of new motherhood, with a dash of the paranormal.
Aleta Clark
Aleta Clark’s nickname is Englewood Barbie. “It was a joke at first,” says the longtime South Sider. “People started calling me that because they were like, ‘You’re from Englewood, you’re...
Give the Neo-Futurists a (Metaphorical) Hug
The raucous avant-garde theater troupe has gone virtual. Embrace it.
Catherine Lacey Crafts a Southern Gothic Fable
The Wicker Park novelist's latest, the brief and haunting Pew, comes out July 21.
‘Bubblegum’ review: Adam Levin returns with another marathon of a book
Postmodern novelist Mark Leyner once said in an interview that, "I don't know that I consciously try to duplicate an American citizen's apprehension of the information glut. But I've thought...
‘Valentine’ review: Elizabeth Wetmore may live in Chicago, but her debut novel is a powerful portrait of her native West Texas
Situated in the heart of oil country, Odessa, Texas, is said to have been named after Odessa, Ukraine, because of the shortgrass prairie's resemblance to the desolate, flat and unforested...
They opened a new bookstore in the West Loop, and then closed it 2 days later due to the coronavirus
Business partners Mary Mollman and Javier Ramirez threw a grand opening party on March 14 for their new store, Madison Street Books, complete with a balloon arch and a morning-to-night...