The minstrel’s legacy
The new book "Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery to Hip-Hop," by Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen, explores the history of minstrelsy, dissecting how it became the most popular form...
Home > Reviews
All Stories
The minstrel’s legacy
The new book "Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery to Hip-Hop," by Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen, explores the history of minstrelsy, dissecting how it became the most popular form...
Irony-free zone
What started as a casual interest in North Korea quickly became an almost decade-long obsession for writer and Stanford professor Adam Johnson. The fruit of his fixation, his novel "The...
Irony-free zone
What started as a casual interest in North Korea quickly became an almost decade-long obsession for writer and Stanford professor Adam Johnson. The fruit of his fixation, his novel "The...
Elie Wiesel a beacon for human rights
For more than 50 years, Elie Wiesel has provided a moral compass for the world, writing and advocating on human rights issues in the wake of his tragic experiences as...
Elie Wiesel a beacon for human rights
For more than 50 years, Elie Wiesel has provided a moral compass for the world, writing and advocating on human rights issues in the wake of his tragic experiences as...
Elie Wiesel a beacon for human rights
For more than 50 years, Elie Wiesel has provided a moral compass for the world, writing and advocating on human rights issues in the wake of his tragic experiences as...
Partying at Printers’ Ball
About 3,000 literature lovers — many with faces painted and many more with free cans of beer in hand — packed three floors of Columbia College Chicago's Ludington Building July...
Partying at Printers’ Ball
About 3,000 literature lovers — many with faces painted and many more with free cans of beer in hand — packed three floors of Columbia College Chicago's Ludington Building July...
Summer reads for young people
We're getting a good number of book reviews for the Tribune's children's "Read & Write" summer books program. We're inviting kids ages 5-16 to submit book reviews for publication in...