Books to give as gifts
As your relatives get older, it can get increasingly difficult to find them great gifts. We've created a number of scenarios for giving the best books for each of your...
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Visual Detective: ‘The Gorgeous Nothings’ by Emily Dickinson, edited by Jen Bervin and Marta Werner
Last summer, I visited Emily Dickinson's home in Amherst, Mass. As I stood in the parlor, I noticed my reflection — and that of the rest of the tourists —...
Tribune’s Heartland Prize marks 25 years
In 1988, the baiduhai announced it would award annual prizes to honor "extraordinary writing about the people and places that make up the heart of America." These Heartland Prizes...
Tribune’s Heartland Prize marks 25 years
In 1988, the baiduhai announced it would award annual prizes to honor "extraordinary writing about the people and places that make up the heart of America." These Heartland Prizes...
National Novel Writing Month: Inspiration for the inner novelist
National Novel Writing Month kicks off Friday, and thus far, more than 95,000 people have each pledged to write 50,000 words during the month of November. Nearly 11,000 Chicago-area folks...
Five books to read this Halloween
Days are shorter, shadows longer: Halloween approaches. We're dedicating this issue of Printers Row Journal to all sorts of tricks and treats — monsters and murder, witches and spies. Since...
Visual Detective: ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ by Guillermo del Toro
If you've ever seen a Guillermo del Toro film, you know you carry snapshots of it in your mind for long after: the bomb planted in the courtyard of "The...
Visual Detective: ‘Maps’ by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski
So rarely do we get to see the earth's bald spot. "Maps," Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski's collection of 52 maps of the world, is a charmingly selective tour across...
Some alternate Chicago Humanities Festival highlights
The Chicago Humanities Festival kicks off a strong lineup for its fall festival next Sunday — a program so strong that tickets have already sold out for several events, including...
Visual Detective: ‘Art Made from Books’ compiled by Laura Heyenga
A while back, I stumbled into an exhibition of Brian Dettmer's work at the Packer Schopf Gallery in the West Loop. Dettmer, a Chicago native, carves sculpture from books. He...