Art 09/13/2017, 08:11pm Gov. Rauner to bestow poetic license ? seeking state’s fifth laureate Rauner will establish a search committee to initiate the selection process for a new laureate.
Bill Zwecker 09/13/2017, 03:36pm ‘Empire’ creator Danny Strong now turns to J.D. Salinger “Rebel in the Rye” director was “quite moved” learning about the author’s early career.
Podcasts 08/31/2017, 11:58am Author Scott Turow: Feels ‘a deep faith’ in ‘the power of good’ FACE TO FAITH PODCAST: “My problem with the Jewish liturgy is that it can be translated: ‘Dear God, I am a meatball ? and . . . smite my enemies.’ “
Books 08/28/2017, 05:42pm Rocker Laura Jane Grace samples Chicago neighborhoods, picks favorite A Chicagoan since her transition, the Against Me! singer and memoir author embraces the “really open” city.
Bill Zwecker 08/23/2017, 03:45pm Our Town’s Celia Perez gets punky with her first novel ZWECKER: Seeing a need for more books that “mirrored my life,” the librarian writes about a young Latina girl into punk music.
Featured Obits 08/22/2017, 09:51am Brian Aldiss, influential British science fiction writer, dead at 92 Hugely influential British sci-fi writer Brian Aldiss is dead at 92. Works included ‘Greybeard’ and the short story that Spielberg turned into ‘A.I.’
Bill Zwecker 08/21/2017, 05:16pm ‘Rickshaw Reggie’ takes kids on magical literary ride around Chicago Transplanted author enlists her children, ages 8 and 5, to help research neighborhoods for her colorful book.
Bill Zwecker 08/17/2017, 11:57am More authors added to big Chicago Library Foundation gala Past “21st Century Award” and “One Book, One Chicago” honorees will take part in the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards.
Featured Obits 08/08/2017, 05:22pm Evanston bookstore owner featured in ‘Time Traveler’s Wife’ dead at 89 Roger Carlson, whose charming Evanston bookstore Bookman’s Alley was featured as a setting in the novel “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” has died at 89.
Well 07/30/2017, 10:27am AMC green-lights series based on satiric novel ‘Dietland’ AMC said the show based on Sarai Walker’s novel will explore the emphasis on weight and beauty in a “bold, original and funny way.”
Books 07/28/2017, 12:59am Lost, then found: Rare J.M. Barrie play published this week “The Reconstruction of the Crime” is a collaboration between Barrie and his friend E.V. Lucas, believed written during World War I.
Podcasts 07/20/2017, 12:20pm Author Patrick T. Reardon: ‘Embrace the pain of life as well as joys’ FACE TO FAITH: Chicago author Patrick T. Reardon’s Catholic faith deepened after brother’s suicide. “I looked deeper at all these questions.”
Books 07/17/2017, 06:00pm Novelist Marcus Sakey returns to Chicago for his ‘Afterlife’ Oscar-winners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment production company will be turning “Afterlife” into a film.
Books 07/17/2017, 12:44pm Joe Biden’s ‘American Promise’ memoir tour headed to Chicago The tour, in support of the release of his memoir, will arrive at the Chicago Theatre on Dec. 11.