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Chicago is a city made of its own brick: A new book says that was a stroke of luck

May 6, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Brick expert Will Quam's book "Fire and Clay" details the ways in which bricks "reveal...

May 5, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

David Sedaris realized he wanted to write for a living and read his stories to...

May 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Al Capone has been back in the news recently because April 21 was the 40th...

May 4, 2026 at 5:31 p.m.

He found out on Monday, like everyone else. The Pulitzer committee described "Angel Down" as...

May 4, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

Pulitzer Prize officials awarded arts prizes to Daniel Kraus, cited for “Angel Down,” and “Liberation,”...

May 2, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Elizabeth Strout new book "The Things We Never Say" is a reading experience of both...

May 1, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

The author, who lives in Wheaton, has a new challenge now that “Remarkably Bright Creatures"...

April 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

It tells the story of Iris Hawkins, a young, independent woman working as a clerk...

April 23, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

“Dangerous, Dirty, Violent & Young” is Zayd Ayers Dohrn's remarkable memoir confronting his parents, Bernardine...

April 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Illinois librarians are asking lawmakers to intervene in e-book and audiobook licensing as they say...