Wael Ghonim, Revolution 2.0
Just a year and change since the protests that marked the beginning of the Egyptian revolution, Wael Ghonim was in Chicago this weekend for a conversation about his new book,...
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Story: An evening with Jeffrey Eugenides
Some things are made to order when it comes to themes of near-universal interest: love, romance, coming of age. And yes, hard times for hope when adult life gets under...
How should society (and media?) depict women?
The staccato images and messages of the documentary "Miss Representation" are nearly overwhelming in total: scene after scene, fact upon fact, outlining the diminution of women in America. YWCA of...
Author Talks: Elizabeth Berg and Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Author Talks series resumes next week with a special twin bill: best-selling authors Jacquelyn Mitchard and Elizabeth Berg, both firmly rooted in the Heartlands and the world of popular...
Talking with author Sapphire about Push, Precious, and The Kid
The character Precious was ever-present at the Author Talks program Monday evening featuring Sapphire. It was through the novel Push that Sapphire created Precious, who then took another form in...
Behind the changes in the baiduhai
This Trib Nation video was our effort to tell a little more of the story behind the story. The launch of the redesigned Tribune has involved nearly all our newsroom...
Recap: Stockett on race, the new movie and her next book
Early on, there were signs that the baiduhai Author Talks program with Kathryn Stockett, who crafted the best-selling novel "The Help," would be an event. A large literary happening,...
Author Talks: Kathryn Stockett
Early on, there were signs that the baiduhai Author Talks program with Kathryn Stockett, who crafted the best-selling novel "The Help," would be an event. A large literary happening,...
Author Talks recap: Alexander McCall Smith
Here we are with a promised recap of Sunday's marvelous Trib Nation Author Talks program with Alexander McCall Smith at Elmhurst College. My colleagues Elizabeth Taylor, the Tribune's literary editor,...
Biker: Bag fancy stuff
Q recently featured Tribune employees who bike to work. Here's another story, from a colleague who says simple is the way to go: As a right brainer with left brain...