How could it happen that an FDA-approved…
How could it happen that an FDA-approved drug, taken by a man to control his minor heart problem, rendered him blind? This week's cover story explores not only a gripping...
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Memoir from a lifetime of looking different
Autobiography of a Face By Lucy Grealy Perrenial/HarperCollins, 236 pages, $12.95 paper To honor great writing, and a life of struggle, read Lucy Grealy's memoir about her reconstructive surgeries, loneliness...
Revival of the classic story of Helen Keller
The Story of My Life: The Restored Classic By Helen Keller, edited by Roger Shattuck, with Dorothy Herrmann Norton, 470 pages, $21.95 A century after its original publication this book...
Some travelers on public transportation can be…
Some travelers on public transportation can be divided into two groups: one checks out literary tastes of fellow passengers, another divines musical proclivities. In a way, this week's cover story...
New houses can feel too big until,…
New houses can feel too big until, of course, they feel too small. That conundrum-- space--is the central theme of this week's Spring Home Design issue of the Magazine. It's...
A playwright’s disturbing look at life
The Play About the Baby By Edward Albee Overlook, 94 pages, $22.95 If you can't get to the theater this spring, have yourself a matinee with this intense script. With...
Historical tidbits that will whet your appetite
The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales From History to Astonish, Bewilder and Stupefy By Rick Beyer HarperResource, 214 pages, $17.95 This little book is like an old-fashioned sweet shop,...
His boyhood in southern Alabama, where the…
His boyhood in southern Alabama, where the art of literature enjoyed a stronger footing than the performing arts, was no obstacle for Sid Smith, author of this week's cover story...
Poems of a past war that `speak to the present’
Poets of World War II: American Poets Project Edited by Harvey Shapiro Library of America, 262 pages, $20 Poet and former Air Force radio gunner Harvey Shapiro writes in his...
This week, the Magazine goes back to…
This week, the Magazine goes back to college. Our campus tour guides are students from 16 different colleges around the country, and each of them attended a different Chicago-area high...