 In Chicago recently on tour for her new novel, "The Forgotten Waltz," Anne Enright seemed keener on the street scene than touting her book. From the perspective of the Whiskey Bar & Grill outdoor cafe on Rush Street, we saw an abundance of shopping bags from Barneys, Hermes and Bloomingdale's. Also abundant were well-groomed, purebred canines strolling with their owners, who were talking on cellphones.  | Review: 'Piano Rats' by Franki Elliot Chicago poet Franki Elliot's "Piano Rats," which was released by local publisher Curbside Splendor, is filled with short poems that will make readers look closer at the world around them. | | Lit Life: A book about the great beyond From Mitch Albom to Alice Sebold, writers have been attracted to the afterlife, reaping from the fields of heaven a bumper crop of stories. Now Lauren Oliver, 28, a 2004 graduate of the University of Chicago, has aimed her plow at that well-tilled furrow with "Liesl & Po" (HarperCollins), a young adult novel. | |  | |
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