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Kelly Kleiman

Kelly Kleiman’s reportage and criticism appear regularly in The Chicago Reader, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.

Most Recent Articles

  • 16 Mar 04

  • Culture

    Doing Women Wrong?

    The musical Hairspray, playing on Broadway for the past two years and now on tour, is about race more »

  • 10 Oct 03

  • Culture

    Son of a ...

    It sounds like something from the pages of The Onion: “Son of Prominent Father Recommends Family Favoritism.” Unfortunately, more »

  • 04 Aug 03

  • Culture

    Local Anesthesia

    Chicago brags it’s “a city of neighborhoods.” So does Philadelphia. So do Baltimore, Boston, and San Francisco, more »

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