Cynthia Pelayo blends horror and Chicago history in ‘Vanishing Daughters’ — including legend of Resurrection Mary
Cynthia Pelayo just wrote a novel weaving together a serial killer, the 1893 World’s Columbian...
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Chicago’s connection to ‘The Great Gatsby’ as Fitzgerald’s novel turns 100
F. Scott Fitzgerald's romance with a North Shore debutante provided fodder for "The Great Gatsby,"...
Biblioracle: ‘Fleetwood Mac All the Songs’ is my kind of coffee table book
When I found out that there is a 608-page book titled “Fleetwood Mac All the...
Biblioracle: Ron Currie Jr.’s latest novel is the dark but inviting ‘Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’
Babs Dionne's world is much smaller than the planet, but to her it's everything, and...
Grant for books in Spanish at Oak Lawn Community High School to help students ‘see themselves in what they read,’
Funding for new books in Spanish in the Oak Lawn Community High School library help...
Column: In ‘Cinema Her Way,’ female directors talk about struggle, survival and the industry
Author Marya E. Gates spoke with 19 women filmmakers about their challenges in getting films...
Biblioracle: John Feinstein has died at 69. He was one of the last great immersive sports nonfiction writers
John Feinstein was an observer and reporter who went long and deep on his subjects...
Today in History: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ published
On March 20, 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential novel about slavery, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” was...
New book dives into the history of Lollapalooza
“Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival” traces the ups and downs of...
Biblioracle: The case for giving students large print books
Reading the UK edition of “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey reminded me that a book’s layout...