Few American entertainers have stories that are richer, wilder, or more excessive than Rick James. He played in a band with Neil Young, spent years in jail, self-produced his first album (which was then picked up by Motown), crossed rock and funk to come up with one of the best-selling albums of the…
From his involvement in Bleeding Kansas to the invasion of Harpers Ferry, John Brown has gone down in American history as one of the most dogmatic and influential abolitionists in the years leading up to the Civil War. The Insurrectionist: A Novel by Herb Karl presents a fictionalized account of Joh…Our blog has been a bit quiet this month, but we'll be back to our regularly scheduled posts in February where we'll share interviews with authors and staff, as well as book collections and other behind the scenes goings on. We can't wait to share with you what we have in store for 2017 and beyond.







Winter weather is here, the holidays are just around the corner, and this is our last staff reads post of the year. Enjoy! We’ll be back soon with what we’re reading in the New Year. #CRPreads
This November Chicago Review Press welcomed Ashley Alfirevic as our new publicity associate. A native of the south suburbs, Ashley headed west for college and majored in english literature and communication studies at Colorado State and earned a graduate certificate from the Denver Publishing Instit…