Recent content from Cory Oldweiler
Lydia Millet celebrates family and our green world in 'We Loved It All'
NONFICTION: An acclaimed novelist shares scientific and personal concerns.
'If You See Them' shows what happens if you don't look away from unhoused youth
NONFICTION: A tireless advocate explains how she has made a difference.
Review: 'Animal Life,' by Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir, translated from the Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon
FICTION: A thoughtful meditation on midwifery and the difficulty of living in the light, set in the darkness of the Icelandic winter.
Review: 'If I Survive You,' by Jonathan Escoffery
FICTION: A remarkable debut collection of interconnected stories centered on a family of Jamaican immigrants, whose American-born son struggles to establish his place and his identity.
Review: 'Mercury Pictures Presents,' by Anthony Marra
FICTION: An entertaining and occasionally edifying look at European immigrants making movies in Hollywood during World War II.
Review: 'The Last White Man,' by Mohsin Hamid
FICTION: A thoughtful look at the evolution of racism in the United States as white people begin to lose their whiteness.
Review: 'The Angel of Rome,' by Jess Walter
FICTION: Jess Walter's new story collection features a return to Italy and a riotous take on climate change.
Review: 'Last Summer on State Street,' by Toya Wolfe
FICTION: A poignant look at growing up in Chicago public housing by a debut novelist who lived in one of the city's most notorious developments.
Review: 'An Island,' by Karen Jennings
FICTION: A probing look at the roots of inhumanity and how the past can poison our compassion.
Review: 'Marrying the Ketchups,' by Jennifer Close
FICTION: Wonderfully entertaining novel about lessons in life, love and business centered around one family's suburban Chicago restaurant.