writing
Read about a bad despot or beer in hell, a writer’s blog, now a book
Despots are bad. George Saunders’s novella, ”The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil,” employs Lorax-like imagery and Orwellesque allegories to make this point clear.
November 29th, 2009
Arts & Culture · Interviews · writing
The skinny on Shortpants
Right up until 2004, Sarah Becan and M. Jason Robards were simply two artists who - as their website proclaims - liked making comics because it’s “art that reaches tons of people who’d never set foot inside…
October 26th, 2009
Never Stop Smiling
Nestled among the rows of weathered neon furniture store signs on Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park is the Stop Smiling storefront. “Stop Smiling”, a Chicago-based magazine and soon-to-become book publisher…
October 26th, 2009
Beau O’Reilly
Beau O’Reilly, who has taught playwriting at SAIC for over a decade, has written 70 plays that have been produced and he has directed or acted more than 130 additional plays of new work. “My priority is writing…
October 26th, 2009
Scott Barsotti: Exploring the genre of Fear
Everyone is afraid of the unknown, the supernatural, the Other. As he sees it, decent horror is viscerally frightening, good horror is psychologically frightening, and great horror is both…
October 26th, 2009
Unchained
With the increasing irrelevancy of giant chains like Borders, which is closing its store on Michigan Ave, now is the time to familiarize yourself with Chicago’s indepdendent bookstores. In fact, you should have done that yesterday. A quick look at the city’s best…
October 26th, 2009
Life of the Book
Kyle Beachy answered his phone, “Kyle Beachy, published author.” It’s a joke. He isn’t married to the idea of being an author, even though he has just published…
October 26th, 2009
Surprised by Libraries
If you believe that books should be worn and used, and if you like being part of a community, even if that community includes some people that smell like…
October 26th, 2009
Student-run Art Journals
Distributed by Pilsen concept shop Golden Age, Motherwell is devoted to critically investigating contemporary art and culture through themed literary and critical essays. The first leather-bound and hand-branded volume includes…
October 26th, 2009
Get your Lit on
A guide to ongoing literary events in Chicago
October 26th, 2009
audio · Multimedia · writing
MFA Writing Presentations
Audio excerpts and interviews with the presenters at the MFA Writing graduate reading.
June 16th, 2009
Writing is an art too: avenues for writing
Eight years ago, SAIC became the first art school to offer a graduate degree in writing. Now the writing department is developing an undergraduate program.
July 18th, 2005
