Three Southland authors earn Best of Illinois awards from State Historical Society
Three authors with ties to the south suburbs were among the recipients of Best of...
Books
Biblioracle: Alex Pugsley’s novel ‘Silver Lake’ follows a writer with Hollywood dreams
“Silver Lake” by Alex Pugsley is from Biblioasis, an independent Canadian publisher.
Clarendon Hills surveying residents for programming plans
Clarendon Hills residents have until July 10 to contribute to online survey that will be...
What Dave Eggers wishes he had known when he was young and cool
With his new novel "Contrapposto," Dave Eggers writes about being young, an art student and...
Column: These books spread the gospel about the simple hamburger
Chicago writer Maggie Hennessy's first book is “Hamburger Bible.” George Motz wrote the cross-country odyssey...
Gene Cernan’s Apollo 10 spacesuit gets a ‘retirement party’ at Triton before shipping back to Smithsonian
The spacesuit NASA astronaut Gene Cernan wore in the 1969 Apollo 10 mission is heading...
Biblioracle: After five years, we finally have a new Alexandra Andrews novel, ‘The Fine Art of Lying’
The new Alexandra Andrews novel, "The Fine Art of Lying," has an interesting and complex...
Two from Oak Park and River Forest High School net Hemingway Foundation writing awards
Two promising young writers from Oak Park and River Forest High School have been honored...
Chicago-born Patti Smith is the winner of this year’s Harold Washington Literary Award
Singer and author Patti Smith will return to Chicago in September to accept the award...
Column: Ready to travel into the secret life of Garry Trudeau and ‘Doonesbury’?
A biography delves into the private life of the "Doonesbury" cartoonist. We spent a day...