REDBIRD
February 13, 2013
By Daniel Nathan Terry May-Nell Wilson opened the bag of Wonder Bread, bypassed the heel, took out the first slice,…
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Shattered by Gary Beck
February 13, 2013
When love has departedand only bitter dreams remain,I think of midnight meetingsas we groped like two deaflings,eager to touch each…
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Personal Prince Charming by Gibson Culbreth
February 13, 2013
Let’s talk about love.  It’s what all the cool kids are doing, right?  It is February; time for love stories…
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Love is a Brick House by Liz Grear
February 13, 2013
When I was 16 or so, my dad started suffering from seizures and strokes. In the middle of the night…
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In It To Win It by Nick Ward
February 13, 2013
Dan Deacon was playing the Logan Square Auditorium but I wasn’t feelin’ the dance floor. Instead, I was hunched over…
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Plan B by Mikaela Shea
February 13, 2013
“Are you coming in with me?” Nicki asks. “Nah, I’ll wait in the car. I’ll look like an idiot in…
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That Lovely Dark-Haired Girl by Andrew Reilly
February 13, 2013
It usually happens in crowds, usually when I’m not even thinking about it, maybe a young woman outside of Water…
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NERVOUS DAD
February 13, 2013
By Ryan Buell & Artist Abby Easley
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Into the Minds of L. Ron Hubbard and Other Idiots: A Review of “Going Clear”
February 11, 2013
Whether or not these people are or were somehow crazy doesn’t concern me. What concerns me is the possibility that…
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The Invisible Continent and the Post-Racial Myth: A Review of “Of Africa”
February 7, 2013
With Soyinka’s help, when you read about the Berlin Conference of 1884, in which “Africa, a continent of so many…
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The Hole He Left Behind: A Review of “Both Flesh and Not”
February 5, 2013
His absence is one less voice to demonstrate and inspire literate thought, literate expression, and literate love when all three…
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Kurt Kennedy and the Process of “Laying Lincoln Down”
February 1, 2013
Steven Spielberg isn’t the only guy interested in exploring the multiplicity of Abraham Lincoln’s life and death.  In 2004, after President…
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The Remarkably Unremarkable Tiffanie DiDonato:  A Review of “Dwarf”
January 22, 2013
If there’s anything remarkable about DiDonato, she gives you the distinct impression that she’d rather you not feel sorry for…
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The Genesis
January 15, 2013
By Tony A. Bowers Tommy lay in the darkness of his bedroom, tossing softly with his panda bear pillow, struggling…
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Hypertext Interview with Randy Richardson
January 7, 2013
By Emily Roth While writing his second novel, Cheeseland, Randy Richardson used fiction as a vehicle to mold ghosts from…
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Hypertext Interviews Laurie Lawlor & Stephanie Kuehnert
November 28, 2012
By Diamond Dees While censors and book-banners continue to suffer from arrested development, young adult fiction keeps evolving.  After all,…
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Hypertext Interview with Julia Borcherts
November 7, 2012
By Emily Roth Combining the twin passions of most writers – drinking and listening to great writing – seemed like…
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Hypertext Interview with Christine Sneed
November 2, 2012
By Christine Rice Christine Sneed has put in her 10,000 hours and then some, Mr. Gladwell.  I first heard Christine read…
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The Hole by Meredith Grahl
November 2, 2012
I want to preface this story by saying that I love my mother. “There is a hole in the yard,”…
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Hypertext Interview With Sheree L. Greer
November 2, 2012
By Diamond Dees A few of Sheree L. Greer‘s latest obsessions include coconut water, talking to strangers, waiting for Dexter and…
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Escaping by Aimee Stahlberg
November 2, 2012
Time sped by after I broke up with Tommy, zipping before my eyes in little more than a blur. Before…
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Meow by Jon Natzke
November 1, 2012
Daniel is sitting on the couch in his sister’s apartment, phone blaring dial tone in one hand and the other…
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Poetry by John Grey
November 1, 2012
Her Plauge On my sister’s outback sheep station, locusts are unnecessary. Drought comes with more buzz and carapace and feeler…
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BREAKFAST AT WORK by Marco Djermaghian
October 12, 2012
     
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Hypertext Hearts Birch Hills @ World’s End
October 12, 2012
The Hypertext Interview with Geoff Hyatt HT: What’s your idea of a good Valentine’s Day? GH: I don’t think you…
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What Now? What Next? by Noelle Aleksandra Hufnagel
June 17, 2012
Five years. Five years of long commutes from the North Side of Chicago. Five years of working full-time in the…
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At Sixty: Photographs of My Mother by Sarah Faust
May 9, 2012
MOTHER’S LAP LAGOON (2003) FISHNETS (2003) Sarah Faust’s work is in the permanent collections at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago,…
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Marco Djermaghian
May 9, 2012
Maranjab, Salt Lake Desert, Near Kashan, Iran, May 2012
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“Spit on Qaddafi Day” Shows Not All Local Teens Are Bad by Brian Costello
May 9, 2012
  [Originally printed on the back page “Local Voices” op-ed column of the Lake Lavender Coupon Clipper Monthly, May 1986.…
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What Happened To Daisy by Michelle Pretorius
May 9, 2012
When she thought about it (and she thought about it often), Daisy was amazed that Martin was interested in her.…
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