Elisa Shoenberger is a writer in Chicago. She has been published in the Boston Globe, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Current Affairs, and many others. She also has written about books for Broad Street Review, Earth Island Journal, Speculative City, and others. She is also the co-founder and co-editor of The Antelope, a journal of oral history and mayhem. You can check out her work here.
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A list of dystopian books about the economy that present engaging and incisive critiques of economic, work, and bureucratic structures.
An essay examining detective duos focusing on Sherlock Holmes and John Watson's relationship and how later authors played with that dyanmic.
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How Tournament of Books made one reader think more critically about the books she reads, and how she approaches them as both a reader and a writer.
A woman's meditations about Agatha Christie and murder mysteries, including a discussion of why Miss Marple is awesome.
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In a time of increased scrutiny on the world of fundraising, three recently published novels provide important critiques of philanthropy.
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