His new book is part memoir, part instructional manual, he has a new album and continues to perform around the area.
Column: How folk singer Mark Dvorak found his way in his latest book ’31 Winters’
Category: Books
Ernest Hemingway fans celebrate the author’s 125th birthday in his beloved Key West
Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West, Florida, and more than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author’s award-winning novels and adventure-filled life.
Biblioracle: ‘The History of Sound’ is a new book of short stories worth your time
You would not mistake Ben Shattuck’s book for a novel in terms of construction, but as a whole, it is very much an entire, immersive world.
New South Side community arts space and its literary festival are ‘remixing the narrative’ on youths and reading
The simple red and white exterior of the BiB Community Arts Space belies the treasure trove found inside. Blue and silver star-shaped balloons cling to a storefront that looks like a candy shop for kids in the Roseland neighborhood. But the center at 119 E. 107th St. is a bookstore and a safe space where […]
Biblioracle: Where does art come from and can I be a genius? Adam Moss has written the gift book of the year.
“The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing” is a gorgeous book with hundreds of full-color photos and illustrations.
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”).