Author Roger Day Bain went back to his roots in Clarendon Hills for his new book, “Clarendon Hills Kid.”
Clarendon Hills native chronicles the village’s postwar growth spurt in new memoir
Category: Books
Biblioracle: Why I’m against ‘digital necromancy,’ like the AI-driven Agatha Christie writing course
While the Christie estate and the avatar developers insist that they are working hard to be faithful to the original sentiments of the living person, AI ethicists object to this resurrection.
Biblioracle: Erik Baker explores entrepreneurialism in ‘Make Your Own Job’
For Erik Baker, entrepreneurialism is many things: a philosophy, a cog in a larger economic system, and in some cases even something that may approach a kind of secular religion.
Heidi Stevens: Instead of a wedding registry, they asked for children’s books. And then gave them all away
I love this little slice of kindness in a world that could use some right now, an act in which a bunch of kids were just gifted a sense of belonging.
Biblioracle: ‘Passenger Seat’ taps into a present-day anxiety about young men
On the surface, it’s a bit like the Netflix phenomenon “Adolescence.” But days after reading it, Vijay Khurana’s novel still haunts my thoughts.
Biblioracle: Kudos to Dua Lipa for her latest book club pick
I have a bit of a hot and cold relationship with our big celebrity book clubs: Oprah, Reese and Jenna. On one hand, anything that gets people into books is A-OK with me, and each of these women has a monthly megaphone that moves hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of books. On the other […]
Biblioracle: ‘Owned’ by Eoin Higgins picks apart how billionaires bought the media landscape
As Higgins makes clear, the challenge isn’t just a few billionaires, but a world unmoored from the institutions that once helped hold us together.
Clarendon Hills native shares stories of growing up during the 1950s in ‘One Stop West of Hinsdale’
Valerie Kuhn Reid’s book is about the childhood turbulence she experienced while living in Clarendon Hills in the 1950s
Biblioracle: David Szalay’s novel ‘Flesh’ has an approach I wouldn’t have thought would work
What’s most fascinating to me as a reader is that Szalay has deliberately removed one of the most potent tools a novelist has, the ability to render a character’s thoughts and feelings.
Biblioracle: Joe Dunthorne explores his family’s history in ‘Children of Radium’
Joe Dunthorne unravels the story of his great-grandfather Siegfried Merzbacher, a German Jewish chemist who left behind a 2,000-page memoir.