August 2022 Issue: Lit 50 (Digital Edition)

Immersive Delight Nick Cave Dares Us to Dream "Upon entry to the fourth floor of The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s 'Forothermore,' Nick Cave’s “Spinner Forest” (2022) greets the viewer with thousands of reflective, metallic and glistening spinners. 'Wind spinners' that hang over porches and yards throughout the Midwest have been augmented to include shapes of Cave’s design. Spinning in concentric circles, repeating polygons rotate in the sunlight; upon closer look, they contain symbols—pictograms—including guns, smiley faces, hands folded into peace signs, daisies and psychedelic ephemera." (Megan Bickel) The Lit 50 2022 Who Really Books in Chicago This year's edition of the Lit 50, our first in two years thanks to the pandemic, might seem long, but it reflects a mere fraction of the accomplishments of the individuals and organizations we write about. The literary community is more vibrant than ever, whether it's in the programming of an increasing number of venues, in the org