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Review: ‘The Lost Region’ by Jon K. Lauck

December 23, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.

America has always been many places. Whether measured from the multiple perspectives of Native American peoples, colonial cultures imported from Europe before the American Revolution, immigrants from abroad or interregional...

In her new memoir "Flyover Lives," Diane Johnson delves into her Midwestern family's history.

Review: ‘Flyover Lives’ by Diane Johnson

May 9, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

Diane Johnson's sometimes delightful new memoir, "Flyover Lives," gets off to a start as rocky as an Illinois farm field uncleared of glacial debris. First, the title: Though people who...

Review: ‘Flyover Lives’ by Diane Johnson

December 23, 2018 at 3:16 p.m.

Diane Johnson's sometimes delightful new memoir, "Flyover Lives," gets off to a start as rocky as an Illinois farm field uncleared of glacial debris. First, the title: Though people who...

Review: ‘Pinkerton’s Great Detective’ by Beau Riffenburgh

May 9, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Impartiality can be a virtue or a vice. To withhold judgment about a person or event until all available evidence is in, and to be as certain as possible regarding...

Review: ‘Pinkerton’s Great Detective’ by Beau Riffenburgh

December 24, 2018 at 5:38 a.m.

Impartiality can be a virtue or a vice. To withhold judgment about a person or event until all available evidence is in, and to be as certain as possible regarding...

A wrecking crew reveals colorful walls as it demolishes another building from the Cabrini-Green housing complex at 660 West Division Street on the near north side in Chicago, Thursday, February 11, 2010.

Review: ‘High Rise Stories’ edited by Audrey Petty

May 9, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Chicago has a history of obliterating its history. Significant buildings fall to the wrecking ball for parking lots, and entire swaths of the cityscape are bulldozed by economic forces like...

Review: “Mickey and Willie” by Allen Barra

May 9, 2019 at 3:50 p.m.

Baseball is a game of failure. The best hitters make outs almost seven times out of 10 at-bats, and the best pitchers don't win a third of their starts. Baseball...

Review: ‘The Third Coast’ by Thomas Dyja

December 24, 2018 at 1:18 a.m.

The title of the first chapter of Thomas Dyja's "The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream," evokes a smile: "The Brick Is Another Teacher." Dyja's book is roughly...

Tweets take their (expletive) place among city’s rich literary tradition

May 9, 2019 at 3:18 p.m.

Olivia Clemens, Mark Twain's wife, once tried to shock her husband out of his habit of profane tirades by repeating one to him verbatim. Bemused, he replied that he hoped...

BUSINESS NEWS

August 20, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.

I've never been a regular reader of the Business section of the Tribune until recently, and it's all due to David Greising. His perceptive analysis of various financial issues is...

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