Read Your Way Around Chicago
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Read Your Way Around Chicago

Chicago is a city of bookish abundance, home to countless literary giants past and present. The author Rebecca Makkai recommends works that capture its spirit.
The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature
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The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature

Six opinionated writers debate — and define — the state of L.G.B.T.Q. writing in order to make a list of the most essential works of fiction, poetry and drama right now.
The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know
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The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know

A guide to some of the undervalued 20th-century works that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive.