Megan Stielstra

A mystery fiction magazine.

Other Voices was an independent literary magazine affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago dedicated to publishing fresh, original, diverse stories and novel excerpts. No. 47, with a special focus on Chicago writers, was the final issue.

<p>The Music Issue: Writers share their true stories about music whether through direct experience or the thoughts a song provokes.</p><p> Stories on: Loud music's comfort of an autistic child and its effect on the rest of the family, a Greek who relates better to Latinas and hip hop, the Beastie Boys and long distance running as adolescent rebellion from Catholocism seven years late, a Bryan Adams song coming on in a bar in Slovenia, starting your first band, meeting the Village People on a plane, fourth grade girls listening to Kelly Clarkson and the awkward memories of being back in grade school they inspire, two borthers growing up and growing apart to Weird Al, coming to fully understand the song &quot;Do you Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans&quot; in the wake of Hurrican Katrina, and Phil Collins as the backdrop music to prom.<br /></p>