Books & Readings
1 year
ago
Meet Chicago’s First National Youth Poet Laureate
“I cried,” says the Columbia College sophomore. “And then I gave a really bad speech.”
1 year
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Audrey Niffenegger and Eddie Campbell’s Romance, and Their ‘Bizarre Romance’
How the author of The Time Traveler’s Wife and the illustrator of the graphic-novel classic From Hell met cute, married at Chicago City Hall, and collaborated on a new book.
1 year
ago
Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina Captures the Anxiety of the Information Age
The cartoonist’s new graphic novel releases this month.
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One Way to Write a First Novel? Under the Wing of Audrey Niffenegger
Julia Fine’s What Should Be Wild, penned while studying with her childhood hero, hits shelves this week.
1 year
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‘Full-Scale Assault on American Democracy’: The Authors of ‘Russian Roulette’
Journalists David Corn and Michael Isikoff talk about their new book on Russian interference in the U.S. elections in advance of their Chicago Humanities Festival appearance.
1 year
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Q&A: Veronica Roth Returns With The Fates Divide
The author of Divergent discusses her latest book, anxiety, and why she chooses to stay in Chicago.
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Poet and Essayist Hanif Abdurraqib on Optimism, Activism, and Carly Rae Jepsen
The author of They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us talks about simple and complex joys in advance of his Chicago Humanities Festival appearance.
1 year
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A Conversation with Brilliant Book Designer Isaac Tobin
Working in his dream job at the University of Chicago press, the RISD grad has produced some of the industry’s most innovative covers.
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Poet Eve L. Ewing Reads ‘April 5, 1968’
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