Love and the Literati
How a couple’s passion for books spurred not only a romance but a business embraced by local authors.
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The Judgment of T Rex
This summer, long-simmering grievances against the doyenne of Chicago’s drag scene exploded, and Boystown will never be the same.
Moran Cerf Wants to Get Inside Your Head
The enigmatic Northwestern University neuroscientist, TED Talk star, and former hacker has some advice for you: Don’t believe everything your brain tells you.
The Reckoning of Natasha Trethewey
In the three and a half decades since her mother’s murder, the two-time U.S. poet laureate has been stalked by the ghosts of her past. Now she might just be...
An excerpt from ‘The Great Believers’ by Rebecca Makkai: 1985
The following is an excerpt from Chicago-area author Rebecca Makkai’s new novel, “The Great Believers,” due out June 19. Twenty miles from here, twenty miles north, the funeral mass was...