![‘Smile’ by Sarah Ruhl](https://www.chicagomag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/C202111-CS-Reading-List-Smile.jpg)
In Smile, playwright Sarah Ruhl reflects on what it’s like to live with facial paralysis. Out now.
![‘Bad Fat Black Girl’ by Sesali Bowen](https://www.chicagomag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/C202111-CS-Reading-List-Bad-Fat-Black-Girl.jpg)
South Side native Sesali Bowen combines memoir and criticism in Bad Fat Black Girl, reconsidering feminism through the lens of hip-hop. Out now.
![‘Vivian Maier Developed’ by Ann Marks](https://www.chicagomag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/C202111-CS-Reading-List-Vivian-Maier-Developed.jpg)
Vivian Maier Developed by Ann Marks aims to offer a definitive biographical account of the photographer. Due December 7.