The El, by Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., is a semi-autobiographical novel set over the course of one scorching day in Chicago, August 1979.

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Mamak Razmgir, an Iranian artist living in Texas, depicts feminist protesters in Dancing in Tehran’s Streets, a drawing rich in possibility.

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Tetchy are a rising Brooklyn four-piece who make dreamy, anguished pop punk, and they’ve gradually matured their style over time.

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Lately artist Xingyu Huang has immersed herself in underwater video footage collected from an artificial floating garden in the Chicago River.