Kathleen Rooney's debut novel is rooted in her disillusioning experience as an aide to a senator from Illinois.
by Laura Pearson
Anyone aware of Kathleen Rooney's controversial exit in 2010 from Senator Dick Durbin's Chicago office might be disappointed that her new political book isn't a tell-all. An accomplished writer with several books under her belt—including poetry and a memoir, Live Nude Girl, about being an artist's model—Rooney published her first work, the autobiographical essay collection For You, for You, I Am Trilling These Songs, while working as a Durbin aide.…[ Read more ]