“The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing” is a gorgeous book with hundreds of full-color photos and illustrations.
Biblioracle: Where does art come from and can I be a genius? Adam Moss has written the gift book of the year.
Category: Books
Biblioracle: ‘When the Clock Broke’ traces the origins of our current political mess
A tremendously interesting, highly entertaining new book looks at the political landscape of the post-Reagan years.
Today in History: Margaret Mitchell’s ‘Gone With the Wind’ released
On June 30, 1936, Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone With the Wind” was released.
Biblioracle: Rob Hart’s ‘Assassins Anonymous’ has the right ingredients for a summer thriller
Take this mixture of suspense and stir to get a page-turning new book about a former hired killer, trying to give up the game.
Remembering Don De Grazia, a nurturing force on the literary scene
He wrote the novel “American Skin,” taught at Columbia and contributed all over Chicago. He died June 13 at age 56.
Today in History: First Harry Potter novel published
On June 26, 1997, the first Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling, was published in the United Kingdom (it was later released in the United States under the title “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”).
Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal and public life
Hillary Clinton’s next book is a collection of essays, touching upon everything from marriage to politics to faith, that her publisher is calling her most personal yet.
Today in History: Anne Frank’s ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ published
On June 25, 1947, “The Diary of a Young Girl,” the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, was first published.
Biblioracle: ‘Negative Space’ by Gillian Linden writes a whole new definition for deadpan
Reading the novel was a bracing reminder of how readily the world has snapped back to the pre-pandemic status quo without fully dealing with the fractures the pandemic period revealed.
A real-world ‘Sesame Street’: Lawndale Pop-Up Spot puts art, storytelling in the hands of the public
With rotating exhibits, the museum housed in a shipping container lets community members dictate what they want to see and do.