| An Excerpt from ‘Bedroom Beats & B-Sides: Instrumental Hip-Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century’ | October 23, 2020 |
Laurent Fintoni brings us an exclusive excerpt from his new book, exploring Sa-Ra and the Los Angeles hip-hop and beat scenes.
| Off the Books: Nate Patrin | July 23, 2020 |
In support of his great new book, 'Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop,' the Twin Cities critic and author waxes poetics on five iconic samples.
| Off the Books: Leor Galil | July 16, 2020 |
Jack Riedy speaks with the veteran Chicago music journalist about his lifelong interest in alt-weeklies and his new book, compiled with his best feature writing from the Chicago Reader.
| Off the Books: An Interview with Chris L. Terry | November 4, 2019 |
Douglas Martin and the Black Card author have a conversation about identity, Richmond, and the themes found in his great second novel.
| Off the Books: An Interview With Jessica Hopper | September 19, 2018 |
Cory Lomberg speaks to the author and critic about her new book, her personal remembrances of Chicago, and the reward of evaluating writing from your younger self.
Alex Dwyer's Off The Books series returns with a look at 'Super Freak,' a biography of Rick James.
| Off The Books: Original Gangstas by Ben Westhoff | September 13, 2016 |
Alex Dwyer's "Off the Books" series returns with a look at Original Gangstas, the new book from Ben Westhoff.
Alex Dwyer reviews Ural Garrett's first novel, "Thanking Evil."
| Off The Books: Diary of a Madman by Brad “Scarface” Jordan with Benjamin Meadows-Ingram | June 23, 2016 |
Off the Books returns with a look at Scarface's 2015 memoir, Diary of a Madman
Off the Books takes a look at Kanye West Owes Me $300, the new memoir from Jensen Karp.
