Your already know a lot of Chicagoans have ended up on the show over the years. That some guest hosts have been disasters. But did you know The Beatles almost showed up for $3,000?
Salman Rushdie described in graphic detail Tuesday the frenzied moments in 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in western New York and repeatedly slashed him with a knife, leaving him with terrible injuries and fearful he would die.
Julie Ryan McGue, who grew up in the western suburbs, is back with her third book and will sign copies in Downers Grove.
In the publishing industry, blurbs are somehow both incredibly important, and also meaningless.
Her superpowers as a philosopher sprung out of the frustration at getting her thoughts and herself across to people who couldn’t care less about philosophy.
Have you ever finished a Studs Terkel book and wondered, whatever happened to the people he interviewed? A seven-episode podcast series called “Division Street Revisited,” from executive producers and veteran journalists Melissa Harris and Mary Schmich, shares the unfinished stories of seven people Terkel spoke with for his 1967 book, “Division Street: America,” and what […]
Prior to his passing, Jimmy Carter was nominated in the audio book, narration, and storytelling recording category at the 2025 Grammys for “Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration,” recordings from his final Sunday School lessons delivered at Maranatha Baptist Church in Georgia.
On Feb. 2, 2013, former Navy SEAL and “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle was fatally shot along with a friend, Chad Littlefield, at a gun range west of Glen Rose, Texas; Eddie Ray Routh was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Her new book recounts her experiences after the sudden death of her husband, the writer Tony Horwitz. It is not just another book about grief.
On Sunday, the American Library Association announced that Percival Everett’s “James” was this year’s winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, which includes a $5,000 cash award.