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Anne Hathaway talks mental health awareness, playing a bipolar woman on Amazon’s ‘Modern Love’

October 14, 2019 at 6:42 p.m.

In Amazon Prime's upcoming "Modern Love," Anne Hathaway sheds light on an important facet of living with mental health issues, playing a bipolar woman who struggles with dating. "We're all...

Rebecca Makkai will receive the 2019 Heartland Prize for "The Great Believers" on Oct. 27.

Rebecca Makkai’s ‘The Great Believers’: An empathic novel worthy of the Heartland Prize

October 11, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

The Chicago Tribune's 2019 Heartland Prize Fiction will be awarded on Sunday, Oct. 27, to Rebecca Makkai for her novel, "The Great Believers." An appreciation of the book follows. Rebecca...

Heartland Prize-winner Sarah Smarsh offers a transcendent, urgent memoir for our time

October 25, 2019 at 1:20 a.m.

The Chicago Tribune's 2019 Heartland Prize Nonfiction will be awarded on Sunday, Oct. 27, to Sarah Smarsh for "Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest...

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs during the concert of their 'No Filter' Europe Tour 2017 at U Arena in Nanterre, outside Paris, France Oct. 22, 2017.

Mick Jagger makes first post-surgery appearance at Rolling Stones ballet premiere

April 19, 2019 at 5:34 p.m.

Rock legend Mick Jagger made his first public appearance post-heart surgery on Thursday night to catch a glimpse of the world premiere of the Rolling Stones ballet "Porte Rouge." "I...

2018 Heartland Literary Award: ‘Prairie Fires’ by Caroline Fraser sifts fact and myth to excavate the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder

May 9, 2019 at 11:54 p.m.

Since 1988, the Chicago Tribune has presented awards to books that exemplify and perpetuate the values of heartland America. The 2018 Heartland Literary Award for Nonfiction will be presented to...

2018 Heartland Literary Award: ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ by George Saunders speaks to universal plight of humanity, grief

May 9, 2019 at 11:54 p.m.

Since 1988, the Chicago Tribune has presented awards to books that exemplify and perpetuate the values of heartland America. The 2018 Heartland Literary Award for Fiction will be presented to...

Tribune’s Heartland Prize: An appreciation of ‘Evicted’ by Matthew Desmond

May 9, 2019 at 11:43 p.m.

Matthew Desmond will receive the Chicago Tribune’s 2017 Heartland Prize for Nonfiction on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Chicago Humanities Festival. Here’s why his book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in...

Tribune’s Heartland Prize: An appreciation of ‘The Underground Railroad’ by Colson Whitehead

May 9, 2019 at 11:43 p.m.

Colson Whitehead will receive the Chicago Tribune’s 2017 Heartland Prize for Fiction on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Chicago Humanities Festival. Here’s why his book “The Underground Railroad” was selected....

Submit entries to Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Short Story Contest

June 6, 2018 at 3:22 p.m.

We are delighted to welcome submissions to the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Short Story Contest. With the Tribune's celebration of the short story, we recognize the transformative powers of fiction....

Author Margo Jefferson attends The ELLE Agenda In Conversation Panel And Cocktail Party hosted by Robbie Myers At NeueHouse on November 17, 2015 in New York City.

Margo Jefferson memoir ‘Negroland’ a resonant Heartland Prize winner

May 9, 2019 at 11:21 p.m.

Growing up in the 1950s, Margo Jefferson may have resided in the Chicago neighborhoods of Bronzeville, Park Manor and Hyde Park, but, according to her memoir, she lived in "Negroland."...

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