Lit Lite: University of Chicago students pen Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in 20 Tweets or Less
Two college students tweet their way to a book deal
Contributors: Tom Mullaney
You Should Know … Justine Nagan
The new head of the celebrated documentary film company Kartemquin kicks off her tenure with a quirky film about type
The New Aid
As tuition spirals upward, the landscape of financial aid for higher education is changing—more loans, more grants, more help for everyone. They’ll need it
Good Knight
Classical music comes out of the Dark Ages.
Friendly Composition
The Weisberg brothers both publish books this month. Sibling rivalry, or simply good genes?
Make No Little Plans
Several institutions in Chicago that depend on donated funds are running their largest philanthropic drives ever right now. What’s behind these megacampaigns?
Dial M for Myth
In a forthcoming exhibit, a young film curator casts Alfred Hitchcock in a surprisingly democratic light.
Gadfly at Large
Why is the eminent University of Chicago anthropologist Marshall Sahlins publishing pamphlets
Free Verse
Poet-professor John Keene riffs on abstraction, chaos, and getting bullied as a kid in St. Louis.