William Sites University of Chicago Press ($30) by Garin Cycholl Listening to Sun Ra’s “Brainville” throws its listener into a complex time and urban space. Bop laid across swing narrates a mid-century Chicago’s urgent, sudden growth against a backdrop of hard, memoried violence. This is iced-out art that is neither Mies van der Rohe’s glassy […]

Eva Baltasar translated by Julia Sanches And Other Stories ($15.95) by Jenny Apostol If you, like many people during this pandemic period, have felt too distracted to read anything longer than a post on social media, let Permafrost provide the cure. Eva Baltasar’s well-paced, debut novel opens with a glimmering scene of existential crisis: the […]

INTERVIEWS Small, Light, Portable Universes: An Interview with Richard Powers Richard Powers discusses his latest novel, Bewilderment: an amazing journey that has in-and-out of this world experiences and shows the boundless love that a father has for his son. Interviewed by Allan Vorda The World to Come: An Interview with David Keplinger David Keplinger’s seventh […]