Elizabeth Taylor

A Prairie Home Companion Story by Garrison Keillor and Ken LaZebnik, screenplay by Garrison Keillor, directed by Robert Altman, foreword by Robert Altman, introduction by Garrison Keillor Penguin, 158 pages,...

In these days of mega-churches, when sermons are video-conferenced and an elaborate sound system ensures that those sitting 100 rows back have access to the music, the Magazine took a...

The Book of Daniel By E.L. Doctorow Plume, 303 pages, $15 paper E.L. Doctorow's acceptance of the Harold Washington Literary Award last week sparked a rereading of this 1971 book....

City 2000: Words and Images About Chicago and Its People Edited by Teri Boyd Distributed by the University of Illinois Press, 276 pages, $49.95 Conceived as a "yearlong snapshot of...

Some things elude control-traffic, bugs, noise. But on a different level, flaunting prediction entirely is that which defines summer in Chicago: weather. Life may defy control but at the Magazine,...

Erica Jong flew into the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton on a visit to Chicago prior to publication of her most recent book, "Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life." Jong,...

Every year about this time, Chicago becomes the undisputed books capital of America. During the baiduhai Printers Row Book Fair, readers, writers and booksellers take over a few downtown...

Life's Little Annoyances: True Tales of People Who Just Can't Take It Any More By Ian Urbina Times Books, 192 pages, $15 How can aggravation be so delightful? In this...

It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters Edited by Andrea J. Buchanan Seal Press, 247 pages, $14.95 paper Don't be fooled by the pink cover: This anthology of essays...

Over lunch at a steakhouse, the managing editor was devouring flesh of some sort. It was indistinguishable to this vegetarian of more than two decades, although meat was a big...