Chicago Review Press celebrated our 45^th Anniversary in 2018 and to round out another exciting year, publisher Cynthia Sherry has some words to say about where we’ve come from and where we’re going. Read below to take a walk down memory lane!

Spring & Asura: Poems of Kenji Miyazawa, trans…

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Scott Martelle’s new book William Walker’s Wars depicts the dark history of William Walker’s campaigns in Mexico and his attacks on governments in Nicaragua and Honduras, all in a quest to establish a slave-based American empire to the south. Read below as Scott discusses his fascination with …

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Friends of the Earth

Never grow out of your sense of wonder and appreciation for the world.

US Congress for Kids

Young and old, we all need to brush up on political history.

Frederick Douglass for Kids

Because apparently you can make it to sixty years and not know about this important m

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Check out what we've been reading over the Thanksgiving break and let us know your book recommendations in the comments below!



I’m reading We Are Okay by Nina LaCour. It’s a slower-paced book that deals with grief and loneliness and healing and disillusionment. It's a powerful read, but …

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Musings on Joni Mitchell

By Susan Whitall, editor of Joni on Joni: Interviews and Encounters with Joni Mitchell



 

It’s hard to narrow down my favorite Joni Mitchell songs, so think of this as a number of notable Joni songs, with my musings on what each one meant to me. Pour the w…

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Top Eight Early American Word Creations

By Rosemarie Ostler, author of Splendiferous Speech

Americans have been inventing their own vocabulary since the first English-speaking settlers landed on North American shores. Hundreds of new terms entered the English language during the country’s ea…

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Complement your binge-watching preferences with these Netflix book pairings. Have fun binge-reading away!

Feminists: What Were They Thinking & Phyllis Chesler

This documentary on second wave feminism interviews icons of the women’s movement in the ’70s, including Phyllis Chesler, whose

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In honor of Halloween, we asked a few of our authors about the scariest part of the writing process. Check out their spooky answers below!

The entire process is terrifying, from writing your lede to worrying about your facts to clearing quotes to hitting “send” on your final draft. But the mo…

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The Blonde on Blonde Fab Five

By Daryl Sanders, author of That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde

When Chicago Review Press asked if I would a contribute a piece to the CRP blog about my five favorite tracks from the 1966 Bob Dylan album Blonde on Blond

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Almost 50 years ago today, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in solidarity with the black power movement, one of the most iconic moments in sports activism. Bob Burns’s book The Track in the Forest: The Creation of a Legendary 1968 US Olympic Team describes how the 1968 US men’s Ol…

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