A Transplanted Chicagoan’s Guide to Kansas City by Matt Lowe
April 4, 2014
A little over five years ago, I left my hometown of Chicago for Kansas City to be with the love…
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Always Judge Books By Their Covers, or, Check Out This Bear Wearing A BDSM Harness by Justin Bostian
March 28, 2014
One of the lessons my fairly priced and invaluable liberal arts education taught me was that books have covers, and…
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Pub Crawl With Susan Lanier
March 25, 2014
By Matt Martin Among other things, Susan Lanier is a hustler baby, and she just wants you to know: its not where…
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Finding Lincoln’s Funeral Train: Retracing the Route & Writing Laying Lincoln Down
March 24, 2014
By Kurt Kennedy Since I’m writing about the event, I retraced the route of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train from Washington…
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Excerpt from Humboldt: Or, The Power of Positive Thinking by Scott Navicky
March 7, 2014
I How Humboldt was brought up on a beautiful farm in Ohio & how he was driven away Once upon…
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Hypertext Interview with Eric Charles May
March 5, 2014
By Christine Rice Bedrock Faith, Eric May’s debut novel, is a book you fall into fully, totally, and unreservedly.  The…
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Excerpt from Eric Charles May’s Bedrock Faith
March 5, 2014
CHAPTER TWO Neighbors on the Block Weigh In “Maybe prison finally taught him a lesson.” “Who do you know ever…
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Six Pack at a CTA Bus Stop With Artist Joe Nelson
March 4, 2014
By Matt Martin For those of you who don’t know, Bronzeville is a Chicago neighborhood east of U.S. Cellular Field…
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Excerpt from The Tragedy of Fidel Castro by João Cerqueira
March 3, 2014
Colorful colonial mansions, flaunted arches, verandas, and balustrades. Abandoned houses bombarded by time. Impervious concrete blocks. Buses crammed full of…
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Border towns, Obscure Music, and Writing: An Interview with Fernando A. Flores
March 2, 2014
By Ramon Castillo Upon discovering up-and-coming writer Fernando Flores’ new book, Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas Vol.…
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Everyone in America is Racist but Me
February 19, 2014
By Daniel Shapiro, BFA According to the latest research found in The American Journal of Anthropology and Sociology, everyone living…
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Decaf Green Tea with Lonie Walker
February 18, 2014
By Matt Martin Lonie Walker is tenacious.  For decades, she has survived the often tumultuous Chicago music, theater, and performance…
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Feeding the Robot by Don De Grazia
February 14, 2014
“Ballad for Mason Johnson” There once was a boy who had a job feeding a robot.  This might sound like…
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There is a Light That Never Goes Out by Patricia Ann McNair
February 14, 2014
(with apologies and appreciation to Morrissey) My father died when I was fifteen years old; I was still a virgin.…
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Romantic Strategies for Cheaters by Geoff Hyatt
February 14, 2014
I.   Rationalizations It’s hard to feel good about yourself when you’re a cheater. That’s a problem. If you feel too…
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Just Down Route 30 by Deb R. Lewis
February 14, 2014
“I’m going to a party,” Neva said. When I looked, her green eyes were sizing me up. “It’s just down…
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Victoria Woodbury in the Grand Home of Her Very Rich In-Laws by Eric Charles May
February 14, 2014
Tall, stately, darkly caramel, wearing a navy blue evening dress with her hair up and feet in high heels, Victoria…
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Some Bunny Doesn’t Want You by Cyn Vargas
February 14, 2014
I met Rudy on the #11 Lincoln Avenue bus after I had finished my shift at Goldblatts. The bus doors…
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No Photo Available by Sahar Mustafah
February 14, 2014
Rifling through the underwear clearance bin, my mother says to me, “My great-aunt Fatima couldn’t get pregnant for ten years,…
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The Birds and the Bees by Randy Richardson
February 14, 2014
A recurring character on the long-running children’s TV series Romper Room was Mr. Do-Bee, an oversized bumblebee who taught children…
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What It Means to be a Single Woman Again in Your Thirties by Noelle Aleksandra Hufnagel
February 14, 2014
1. For a brief moment, you will think you are Beyoncé. You are not Beyoncé. Get this idea out of…
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@Love by Matt Martin
February 14, 2014
Love is hard in 2014. Before I go any further, I would just like to say, that no, I am…
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Hypertext Interview with Elizabeth Earley
February 6, 2014
By Christine Rice In my mind’s eye, I see Elizabeth Earley waiting for class to start, leaning forward in her…
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Excerpt From Elizabeth Earley’s A Map of Everything
February 6, 2014
69. Thulium (Lanthanoid; Primordial; Solid) Take your sister out to dinner somewhere she will like, the Olive Garden or the…
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Possible Histories of Leroy Paige by Will McGrath
February 5, 2014
Leroy Paige sleeps in an ancient RV, a great beige behemoth with siding coming undone and rust creeping from the…
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Why I Let My Students Text In Class by Jessie Foley
January 31, 2014
In 2005, when I began teaching high school, social media was just emerging. Only 34 million Americans owned a cell…
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Women & Children First
January 31, 2014
By Cassie Sheets Whenever I visit Andersonville, I cling to the arm of a friend (if no friend is available…
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Forties on a Street Corner with O.R. They
January 29, 2014
By Matt Martin Despite Chicago’s winter wonderland, I had to get back to the streets.  And what better way to…
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Excerpt from Mason Johnson’s Sad Robot Stories
January 18, 2014
“Robot,” Sally always greeted Robot as his bulky, copper-colored body stood on the stoop of her home. “You don’t need…
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All the Forms of Vacare by B.D. Fischer
January 18, 2014
The argument that it was the man’s devotion: He took the pictures because she asked. Years ago at his bachelor…
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