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Rachel Jamison Webster Looks at Whiteness in the Context of Her Own Genealogy
"I was interested in putting the past into conversation with the present, as a way of tracing historical underpinnings and asking what these stories can teach us now."
Level Up Your Apple Picking
Established in 1984 on the site of a dairy farm dating back to the early 1800s, Door Creek Orchard, outside Madison, Wisconsin, is a two-and-a-half-hour trek from Chicago, but it’s...
Read an Acclaimed Novelist’s Debut Story Collection
In her highly anticipated new book, Ling Ma, who teaches writing at the University of Chicago, has penned eight hilarious and haunting stories about the frequent dissatisfactions of contemporary life....
Chicago’s Grid Helped Graphic Novelist Nick Drnaso Manage Perspective
The novelist and illustrator channels the region's flat and affectless nature in his third book, Acting Class.
Best Weirdly Timed Reading Series
An Inconvenient Hour You know that odd hour when Saturday daytime is over but Saturday night hasn’t yet started? Chicago author Jeffrey Wolf (pictured) figured the perfect activity to enliven...
Use the Brown Line as Your Sightseeing Tram
Before the CTA L lines received their current color coding in 1993, the Brown Line was known as the Ravenswood Route, an apt and evocative name considering that it runs...
Dele Weds Destiny Follows Female Friendship Over Time
The debut novel from Tomi Obaro — a BuzzFeed News culture editor and former Chicago magazine assistant editor — follows three women after three decades of friendship.
Gray: A Photo Essay
When is it time to stop dyeing your hair and embrace your gray? For many women, there’s no easy answer. Photographer Beth Rooney examines how hair color is entangled with...
Last Summer on State Street Is a Complex Story of Relationships and Resistance
The debut novel from Toya Wolfe centers on a Black girl coming of age in the Robert Taylor Homes in 1999.