The Chicago Tribune has just gifted us all with a piece by Christine Sneed, who is teaching at DePaul part-time this year and whose debut short story collection and novel (Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry and Little Known Facts, respectively) have garnered critical acclaim and city- and nationwide recognition.

Check out the piece here, and enjoy! Then go run out and read Portraits and Little Known Facts before her second novel comes out this May! Also, undergrads, if you have the chance to take a class with Christine while she’s with us here at DePaul: I highly recommend it.