Books | How the offices of Ebony and Jet became the latest Theaster Gates exhibition By Christopher Borrelli September 19, 2024 at 3:01 p.m. Artifacts saved from the former offices of Johnson Publishing Co. on Michigan Avenue are on...
Books | Books for fall 2024: 44 titles to read, from biographies to horror, and legendary authors waiting to break the ice By Christopher Borrelli September 18, 2024 at 10:50 a.m. We have 44 picks to add to your To-Be-Read pile of books. Why the autumn...
Books | Biblioracle: My 3 new favorite book-related podcasts (and send me yours) By John Warner September 14, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Because I am a consumer of book-related podcasts, I think that every so often I...
Books | On Printers Row and beyond, Chicago is a literary playground By Rick Kogan September 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Printers Row Lit Fest over the weekend was so alive with activities and punctuated our...
Books | Biblioracle: Elizabeth Strout is building a literary universe that’s almost like Marvel’s MCU By John Warner September 7, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. The way Strout puts her characters into juxtaposition with each other is more similar to...
Books | ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ is 2024’s One Book, One Chicago title By Doug George September 4, 2024 at 3:46 p.m. The novel by Gabrielle Zevin is the story of friends Sam and Sadie who create...
Daily Southtown | Writers, artists collaborate to celebrate Lemont history By Jim Hook September 4, 2024 at 5:17 a.m. Members of the Lemont Writers and Lemont Artists guilds agreed to collaborate on a compendium...
Books | Miles Harvey’s short stories in ‘Registry of Forgotten Objects’ travel from rural Indiana to a dystopian future By Rick Kogan September 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. His debut collection of 12 stories is set among a wide variety of places and...
Books | Biblioracle: 4 Chicago books on working for Labor Day, from Upton Sinclair to Studs Terkel By John Warner August 31, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Chicago is intimately tied to the history of the labor movement and Labor Day. We...
Books | Column: Taking another ride with Ken Kesey, Tom Wolfe and a bunch of Merry Pranksters in ‘Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’ By Rick Kogan August 27, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. When revisiting books we've already read, we can uncover new things about the book and,...