Chicago Humanities Spring Festival boasts Leslie Odom Jr., Eve Ewing and Paul Reiser — because culture isn’t dead yet
Chicago Humanities Spring Festival has always been a festival of ideas, never more appreciated than...
Books
Joseph Wambaugh, who brought street cops to life in his books and movies, dies at 88
He wrote such memorable books as "The New Centurions" and “The Onion Field.” He died...
Biblioracle: New book on Anne Frank considers both the person and the cultural pawn she’s become
Ruth Franklin's latest book is one that should be read and discussed for generations.
Eisenhower writers get national attention for literary efforts
The National Council of Teachers of English awarded Eisenhower High School's literary magazine with a...
Column: Opening Day is upon us, and the new baseball book ‘Justice Batted Last’ hits a homer
Another baseball season, heavy with hope, begins on March 17 with the first of two...
Short fiction, essays by ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee to be published in October
Essays and early short stories by “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee will be...
Biblioracle: Oprah and I agree that you should read ‘Dream State’ by Eric Puchner
It is a novel about marriage and friendship and parenting and the way those acts...
Semicolon bookstore will go on after community steps up to save the beloved institution
A fundraising campaign now aims to help owner Danielle Moore open a coffee shop that...
Biblioracle: Tom Robbins has died at 92. He was one of the writers who shaped me.
In a lot of ways, my reading has made me, and Tom Robbins is one...
Oh, no! There goes Chicago! Godzilla finally gets to the Midwest in new comic book
As if Chicago didn’t have enough problems. Here comes Godzilla, as in Gojira, the Big...