Pope Francis makes it an exciting time to be Catholic
Earlier this week Pope Francis made a historic visit via satellite feed to Chicago's Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, where he reminded those of us in attendance that Catholic faith...
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Teachers must build character, not just test scores
Every morning for a recent week, I was one of a small subset of Chicago teachers heading to work as usual. I was not a scab. Unlike the more than...
Review: ‘Beautiful Maria of My Soul’ by Oscar Hijuelos & ‘Say Her Name’ by Francisco Goldman
In "Morning," one of Pablo Neruda's best-known love sonnets, the speaker gushes, "Naked you are blue as a night in Cuba; /You've vines and stars in your hair." In one...
“Alice I Have Been” by Melanie Benjamin and “The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott” by Kelly O’Connon McNees
"Alice I Have Been" by Melanie Benjamin Delacorte, 351 pages "The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott" by Kelly O'Connor McNees Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 342 pages Nature may abhor a...
Review: ‘The Lacuna’ by Barbara Kingsolver
"The Lacuna" By Barbara KingsolverHarper Perennia, 544 pages, $16.99 In Barbara Kingsolver's rich new novel "The Lacuna," the artist Frida Kahlo remarks that she would like to think she is...
Review: ‘The Lacuna’ by Barbara Kingsolver
"The Lacuna"By Barbara KingsolverHarper Perennial, 544 pages, $16.99 In Barbara Kingsolver's rich new novel "The Lacuna," the artist Frida Kahlo remarks that she would like to think she is being...
Review: ‘The Lacuna’ by Barbara Kingsolver
"The Lacuna"By Barbara KingsolverHarper Perennial, 544 pages, $16.99 In Barbara Kingsolver's rich new novel "The Lacuna," the artist Frida Kahlo remarks that she would like to think she is being...
“The Lady Matador’s Hotel” by Cristina Garcia
"The Lady Matador's Hotel" By Cristina Garcia Scribner, 209 pages Thirteen years ago, while spending a summer in a squatter settlement of Guatemala, I saw many incongruous things, ranging from...
“The Lady Matador’s Hotel” by Cristina Garcia
"The Lady Matador's Hotel" By Cristina Garcia Scribner, 209 pages Thirteen years ago, while spending a summer in a squatter settlement of Guatemala, I saw many incongruous things, ranging from...
“The World in Half” by Cristina Henriquez
"The World in Half" By Cristina Henriquez Penguin Group, 2009, 305 pages Tales about lost fathers in literature often end in extremes, with the fathers turning out to be dramatic...