Elizabeth Taylor

Saturday By Ian McEwan Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 289 pages, $26 A perfect book to read in a day. This novel, which tells the story of a middle-age British neurosurgeon, takes...

The airline business might be in crisis, but in these pages, the earth from above abounds with optimism. This week, we introduce readers to two aviation pioneers, of sorts, who...

Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age By Kevin Boyle Holt, 415 pages, $26 A National Book Award winner and finalist for a...

"Ariane. "Age 4. "Favorite food: cake. "Favorite drink: milk. "Enjoyed: singing and dancing. "Behavior: a neat little girl. "Cause of death: stabbed in her eyes and head." These lines accompany...

Uncensored: Views & (Re)views By Joyce Carol Oates Ecco, 368 pages, $24.95 Not just a prolific novelist, Joyce Carol Oates is also an active writer of non-fiction, including essays and...

Begin the day in shirtsleeves and grab a down vest by noon. That's spring in Chicago, and it is particularly appreciated here at the Magazine as we live in anticipation...

This week's cover story was born two years ago, when it was announced that the Drury Lane Martinique Theater in Evergreen Park was to be torn down to make way...

Motherland: A Memoir By Pamela Marin Free Press, 229 pages, $25 "My mother is an idea to me, like God," writes Pamela Marin in her tale of coming to terms...

Ragtime, a distinctly American musical genre that was very much in vogue in the early 20th Century, is experiencing the beginnings of a renaissance thanks to the man who's the...

Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen By Stephanie Harrison Three Rivers, 619 pages, $15.95 paper This book is for that smart, small set of fiction-loving film buffs. The stories...