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August 2007
Mamah’s Tale
By Geoffrey Johnson
In her debut novel, Nancy Horan resuces Frank Lloyd Wright's ill-fated mistress from the footnotes of history. Read more
The Billionaire Next Door
By Robert Reed
When John Calamos took his mutual-fund company public in 2004, not only did he join the ranks of the world's richest people; he also invited the kind of scrutiny and criticism he had never faced as a private businessman Read more
Brad Trayser
By Nathaniel Zimmer
Captain Morgan, watch out. A freebooter from Chicago is poised to enter the rum market. Read more
Eco Echo
By Dennis Rodkin
Building’s address mirrors its “green” aesthetic Read more
Lupe Fiasco, Word Star
By Bryan Smith
Sit back and listen in on a Range Rover ride to the West Side with breakout rapper and Renaissance nerd Lupe Fiasco. You’ll get an earful on history, sociology, anthropology, and the artist’s muses, from Tchaikovsky to Noam Chomsky to Ice Cube Read more