Books
The Uptown center, which holds public poetry readings and runs educational programs across Chicago schools, is among 40 groups sharing $7.7 million.
Newly published Rube Goldberg Puzzle Book demands we do something that Instagram never will: Think.
To Price, the emergence of Northwestern’s women’s lacrosse team as a national power under coach Kelly Amonte Hiller can’t be overstated. “I think it’s the most unlikely build in American sports history,” he said.
The prize kicks off the annual Printers Row Lit Fest, with past winners including Sandra Cisneros and Studs Terkel. Smith, who was born in Chicago, is best known in the literary world for her award-winning memoir “Just Kids.”
More than 80 independent bookstores will participate in the annual Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl on Independent Bookstore Day. Stores will offer special discounts and planned activities during the crawl.
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy interviewed the 79-year-old icon in a wide ranging conversation on the occasion of her new memoir, ‘Bread of Angels.’
But who guides the guide? British Dante scholar Prue Shaw takes readers by the hand with a new, accessible book, “Dante: The Essential Commedia.”
The research library received a Mellon Foundation grant to expand access to its vast Indigenous collections, including materials related to 300 languages.
A new book examines the 16th president’s life through the battle royale of Illinois partisan politics. It’s ugly — and familiar.
