“Memoir: A History” by Ben Yagoda
"Memoir: A History" By Ben Yagoda Riverhead, 304 pages, $25.96 Yogada Is Sarah Palin closer to memoirists St. Augustine or James Frey? Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" may be a loony...
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"A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen" Random House 295 pages, $25 Edited by Susannah Carson This is a collection for both newcomers to...
Recap: 2009 Tribune Literary awards
Lifetime achievement award Literary Prize winner Tony Kushner refused to sit on his laurels after his appearance Sunday at Symphony Center, where the conversation segued easily from Abraham Lincoln --...
“A Truth Universally Acknowledged” edited by Susannah Carson
"A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen" Edited by Susannah Carson Random House, 320 pages, $15 This is a collection for both newcomers to...
Can great political writing still be found?
Point: There hasn't been a great campaign book for 40 years. My all-time favorite is "American Melodrama: The Presidential Campaign 1968" by British journalists Lewis Chester, Godfrey Hodgson and Bruce...
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"The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future" By Robert Darnton Public Affairs, 218 pages, $23.95 Neither jeremiad nor rant, this eloquent gem by the world's premier historian of the...
“The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future” by Robert Darnton
"The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future"By Robert Darnton Neither jeremiad nor rant, this eloquent gem by the world's premier historian of the book, is an exploration of how...
“The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future” by Robert Darnton
"The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future"By Robert Darnton Neither jeremiad nor rant, this eloquent gem by the world's premier historian of the book, is an exploration of how...
2009 Tribune Literary Prizes
Newspapers and books possess a special transformative power. In celebration of that bond, the Tribune presents this year's Literary Prizes. Playwright and author Tony Kushner will receive our award for...
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"P.S.: Further Thoughts From a Lifetime of Listening" By Studs Terkel New Press, 240 pages, $16.95 Studs didn't live to see this collection of unpublished writings and interviews hit the...