Dear you: It’s me. Just younger. Or older.
The letter that arrived the other day was a mystery. There was no name, just a handwritten address in a town in Michigan my husband and I had never heard...
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Brotman: Nothing is sacrosanct in a book purge
Henry David Thoreau, I thought, might understand. "Simplify, simplify," he wrote. Wasn't that what I was doing as I went through my books deciding which to give away? And there...
Brotman: Nothing is sacrosanct in a book purge
Henry David Thoreau, I thought, might understand. "Simplify, simplify," he wrote. Wasn't that what I was doing as I went through my books deciding which to give away? And there...
Park District may rename Rogers Park beach for activist
The Chicago Park District is accepting comments from the public on a proposal to rename Pratt Beach in honor of Tobey Prinz, a Rogers Park community activist. The district's board...
Brotman: When Chicago was wild
It was wild how many people recognized Ben Hollis. He strode through the Loop wearing his signature safari jacket and pith helmet, waving at people and handing out announcements for...
Brotman: When Chicago was wild
It was wild how many people recognized Ben Hollis. He strode through the Loop wearing his signature safari jacket and pith helmet, waving at people and handing out announcements for...
Lakefront ribbon bows to nature
Maybe you've seen the signs reading "Burnham Centennial Prairie/Native Prairie Planting in Process" along South Lake Shore Drive or the lakefront path. Maybe you've wondered about the grassy plants growing...
Lakefront ribbon bows to nature
Maybe you've seen the signs reading "Burnham Centennial Prairie/Native Prairie Planting in Process" along South Lake Shore Drive or the lakefront path. Maybe you've wondered about the grassy plants growing...
Lakefront ribbon bows to nature
Maybe you've seen the signs reading "Burnham Centennial Prairie/Native Prairie Planting in Process" along South Lake Shore Drive or the lakefront path. Maybe you've wondered about the grassy plants growing...
Hefty volumes represent extensive body of work
This book is no casual read. Its two volumes weigh 36 pounds and include 5,500 footnotes. Funded in part by a $1 million grant from the government of Kuwait, "The...