“The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.” is told from the point of view of the people who loved the band, a book for fans with the voices of fans.
Biblioracle: ‘The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.’ opens the book on a band that never wanted to become too big
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Biblioracle: Charles Baxter’s new novel ‘Blood Test: A Comedy’ is a vibe
The book announces itself as “a comedy” on the cover, but is also, at times odd, sweet, foreboding, sentimental and unsettling.
Biblioracle: Robert Coover has died at 92. He’s a writer worth reading and worth remembering
Robert Coover published more than 30 books, starting with “The Origin of the Brunists” in 1966 and concluding with “Open House” in 2023.
Biblioracle: John A. Williams deserves to be in the literary canon. Here’s why.
Writers like Charles Stevenson Wright, William Melvin Kelley and John A. Williams should be brought back into the light.
Removing books from libraries often takes debate. But there’s a quieter way.
Thousands of books have been removed from schools and libraries over the past several years, often accompanied by stormy public meetings and acrimonious debate. But there is a quieter way books have been pulled from libraries — a process called weeding.
Column: New book explores the life of Abe Saperstein, the Chicago dynamo who created the Globetrotters
“Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports” by Mark and Matthew Jacob takes on a challenging and exciting subject.
Biblioracle: Is the publishing industry in a slump?
In talking to some folks who work up and down the industry, there’s a sense that some energy has been lacking.
This year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ awards are announced, with 2 Chicago winners
Twenty-two new geniuses were anointed Tuesday as the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation announced the 2024 winners of its MacArthur Fellowship.
Biblioracle: I didn’t think I liked autofiction until I read ‘Small Rain’
Garth Greenwell’s new novel unfolds over the nearly two weeks of his hospitalization. It had me in its grip from start to finish.
The story of how these teens became published authors: ‘You’ll never know unless you take the risk’
Five long months into the pandemic, Aiden Branss found himself wide awake in the middle of the night, meditating on the world’s battered state and sucking down coffee. The 16-year-old grabbed his laptop, and began to write. And after Branss’ midnight oil burned away, he was left with the beginning of his first novel. What began […]