We have 44 picks to add to your To-Be-Read pile of books. Why the autumn overload every year? The Erie Canal may be part of the reason.
Because I am a consumer of book-related podcasts, I think that every so often I should do the dedicated readers of this column the favor of sharing some of my favorites.
Printers Row Lit Fest over the weekend was so alive with activities and punctuated our vitality as a literary center.
The way Strout puts her characters into juxtaposition with each other is more similar to the MCU than what Faulkner was up to.
The novel by Gabrielle Zevin is the story of friends Sam and Sadie who create a successful video game company.
Members of the Lemont Writers and Lemont Artists guilds agreed to collaborate on a compendium of stories about the village.
His debut collection of 12 stories is set among a wide variety of places and characters. “I love the idea that someone will discover it.”
Chicago is intimately tied to the history of the labor movement and Labor Day. We suggest some Chicago-related books that remain relevant as we think about the past and the future of work.
When revisiting books we’ve already read, we can uncover new things about the book and, perhaps, also new things about ourselves.
Author Evan Friss tracks the history of books and how we sell them, from back in Ben Franklin’s day to the present.