There’s a slyly damning scene in Donna Seaman’s new memoir about her talent/habit/mandate for reading all the time. In this scene, Seaman is shoplifting. She’s a kid, but not stealing candy. She’s pocketing Dostoevsky.
“Everything to Gain,” a 1987 collaboration with his wife, Rosalynn, turned into the “worst threat we ever experienced in our marriage,” an intractable standoff for the facilitator of the Camp David accords and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Among my favorite works of fiction in the past year were books by Sally Rooney, Joseph O’Neill and Kate Greathead. Did you read any of my picks?
Here are some of the things from the past year, in no particular order, that I’m taking with me into 2025, writes Heidi Stevens.
Five friends at Oak Prairie Junior High School in Homer Glen turned an assignment into a book their teacher called “pretty darn dark.”
As we approach the end of 2024, the critics and columnists of A+E reflect on the year to highlight some people who have made a difference in the city’s arts.
With 2024 coming to a close, the A&E staff take a look back at their favorites from the year, from the stage performances that captivated us to the books that kept us turning the page.
As we approach the end of 2023, the critics and columnists of A+E reflect on the year to highlight some people who have made a difference in the city’s arts.
A round-up of the best fiction from 2024 that the Biblioracle has previously covered.
What they built on Michigan Avenue feels like a cool secret. And that, in fact, was the idea. They opened a store that, three years later, is part of the Chicago book community and the indie music ecosystem.