Profiles

Chicago Reader, September 28, 2007
The Opposite of Selling Out
How a month of "Margaritaville" and a bald man with a hair dryer convinced Scott Ligon to get serious about music.

 

Chicago Reader, October 21, 2005

Beyond the Bitch Shield (PDF)

Watching men learn to mack. Mom, please don't read this one.

 

Chicago Reader, October 7, 2005

To Mordor and Back (PDF)

How writing racy fan fiction helped one woman heal. Rated R for hobbit naughtiness.

 

Chicago Reader, October 24, 2003

Purls of Wisdom

“It ain’t anybody’s business how you knit!”

 

Chicago Reader, May 16, 2003

The Formidable Susan Abrams

What you thought of this star science editor depended where you stood. (She died a few months after this piece came out.)

 

Chicago Reader, January 10, 2003

Lots to Love

Making plus-size posh.

 

Chicago Reader, February 15, 2002

Hit Parader

Name the date, and Tony will name the tune.

 

Chicago Reader, August 31, 2001

The Last Roundup

Chicago alt country loses its clubhouse.

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