Books for fall 2025: Luigi, Ozzy and the great beyond By Christopher Borrelli September 11, 2025 at 5:45 a.m. The endless to-be-read list on your phone, the ready-to-be-read stack on your bedside table, should...
Column: Will there be more birthdays for the Uptown Theatre? A new book looks at its history By Rick Kogan September 10, 2025 at 2:18 p.m. “The Uptown: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace” captures the building’s amazing history, but also serves as...
Column: Writer James Tehrani’s first book is ‘Alfalfa — The Rascal You Knew, the Character You Never Knew’ By Rick Kogan September 9, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. James Tehrani may know more about Carl Switzer/Alfalfa than anyone on the planet and the...
‘Chicago’s Soul’ blends the work of Gwendolyn Brooks and Curtis Mayfield in Chicago park performances By Darcel Rockett September 9, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. The iconic Chicagoans are the focus of the latest project by Lucy Smith of the...
Biblioracle: Emily Adrian’s ‘Seduction Theory’ is a book that was custom made for me By John Warner September 6, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. "Seduction Theory" is primarily the story of Simone and Ethan, a married couple and members...
Column: Forty years of book and author memories at Lit Fest By Rick Kogan September 2, 2025 at 1:32 p.m. I have attended every one of these summer tributes to the written word. I'll be...
Biblioracle: ‘Fresh Air’ host Terry Gross is one of the great readers of my lifetime By John Warner August 30, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Thanks to a viral video posted to social media by “Fresh Air” and NPR, we...
Column: Bill Kurtis writes of the adventures of his ‘Whirlwind’ life as a TV news anchorman By Rick Kogan August 27, 2025 at 9:29 a.m. It’s understandable if you know Bill Kurtis only as an anchorman. Read his new autobiography...
Column: New book ‘Something Big’ revisits the Brown’s Chicken massacre By Rick Kogan August 26, 2025 at 5:30 a.m. The mass murder in suburban Palatine in 1993 continues to affect lives today. Author Patrick...
Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir. Months after her death, it’s coming out. By Hillel Italie August 24, 2025 at 1:11 p.m. A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts...