Books & Readings
7 months
ago

A New Book Traces 50 Years of Policing in Chicago
Occupied Territory examines the turbulent history between the CPD and black Chicagoans.
7 months
ago

The True Story of Chicago’s “Welfare Queen”
Ronald Reagan infamously caricatured Linda Taylor as a public-aid bogeyman. As a new book out this month reveals, however, her actual story is even more sensational.
7 months
ago

Documenting a Divide in South Shore
A new book chronicles the neighborhood’s exacerbating wealth disparities, as told from the perspective of someone who grew up there.
7 months
ago

Is Yoko Ono Overlooked as a Poet?
9 months
ago

Ernie Banks Almost Went to the Cardinals
It could have happened. That and other revelations from a new book on Mr. Cub.
10 months
ago

How Alex Kotlowitz Tracked One Violent Summer in Chicago
The journalist discusses his new book, An American Summer.
10 months
ago

Sandra Cisneros
The novelist and poet, 64, on the power of art, the impact of depression, and the splendor of a Chicago dog
10 months
ago

Nature Is Chaos
Graphic novelist Lucy Knisley chronicled the humor and weirdness of pregnancy — even after having a baby almost killed her.
11 months
ago

What to Cook in That Instant Pot You Got for Christmas
11 months
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