The Shut-In’s Guide to Winter By Teresa Manring Albums, books, movies, and more to snuggle up with as you hibernate this season Read more
Black Star Renegades Pays Homage to the World’s Most Famous Space Opera By Adam Morgan Michael Moreci’s Star Wars–inspired sci-fi novel releases this month. Read more
Best of 2017: Books Written by Chicagoans, About Chicago By Adam Morgan Plenty of local authors looked elsewhere for inspiration, but there's something special about writers tackling their hometown. Read more
The Greatest Chicago Cover Songs of All Time By Ray Padgett Author Ray Padgett, whose new book tells the stories behind history's greatest covers, picks his favorite hometown songs. Read more
News Veteran's Book Dives Into How TV News Covers Murder By Mauricio Peña Retired journalist Robert Jordan discusses editorial decisions in newsrooms, and why crime is a daily dish for television news stations. Read more
Undercover FBI Agents Con the Con Man in Chasing Phil By Mauricio Peña David Howard's new book explores the FBI's first undercover operation into white collar crime to wrangle a sophisticated fraudster from Chicago. Read more
You’ve Never Seen Gwendolyn Brooks Like This Before By Adam Morgan To cap off a celebration of her 100th birthday, “No Blue Memories” tells the life story of Chicago’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Read more
The Return of Chickenman, Chicago's Forgotten Superhero By Donald Liebenson The popular radio series, which influenced a young Ira Glass in the '60s, is revived in podcast form. Read more
Alan Alda and E.O. Wilson Talk on Creativity and the Importance of the Campfire By Samantha Yadron The beloved actor interviewed the preeminent scientist as part of Chicago Humanities Festival this weekend. Read more
What Happened at Hillary Clinton's Chicago Stop for What Happened By Teresa Manring Our takeaways from the former presidential candidate's Auditorium Theatre book tour stop Read more
