Shoptalk: Jonathan Eig
Jonathan Eig, Wall Street Journalist, Chicago magazine columnist, and best-selling author, most recently took on the legacy of the city’s most notorious gangster with “Get Capone: The Secret Plot That...
View ArticleShoptalk: Bayo Ojikutu
As the bard of the South Side, Bayo Ojikutu’s been writing Chicago since his debut novel, “47th Street Black.” Where are you based? The family and I live on the Hyde Park/Woodlawn border. Just south of...
View ArticleShoptalk: Audrey Niffenegger
With “The Time Traveler’s Wife” (2003), Audrey Niffenegger went from hand-bound chapbooks to the best seller list. Since then, Evanston’s favorite writer/painter/graphic novelist has been taking the...
View ArticleShoptalk: Carol Anshaw
Novelist (also: journalist, critic, professor, painter) Carol Anshaw has been capturing the complexities of women’s relationships—and relationships in general—since her 1992 debut, “Aquamarine.” Where...
View ArticleShoptalk: David Michael Kaplan
The Loyola prof’s most recent publications have focused on teaching writing (his latest, “Revision,” tackles the art of editing), but that doesn’t mean the “Skating in the Dark” author isn’t cooking up...
View ArticleShoptalk: Kyle Beachy
Avid skateboarder, David Foster Wallace devotee, and native Midwesterner, the SAIC grad-turned-Roosevelt prof made indie-lit waves with his 2009 coming-of-age debut, “The Slide.” Where are you based?...
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