Biblioracle: Why the Associated Press is ending weekly book reviews
Many publishers have seen that reviews no longer have a significant impact on sales. If...
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Peter Orner, the best kept literary secret from Chicago no longer?
His new novel, “The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter,” is about the death of Sun-Times columnist Irv...
Today in History: Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution published
On Aug. 20, 1858, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was first published, in the “Journal of...
Cambridge Dictionary adds ‘skibidi’ and ‘tradwife’ among 6,000 new words
“Skibidi,” pronounced SKIH-bih-dee, is one of the slang terms popularized by social media that are...
History Center of Lake Forest Lake Bluff exhibit highlights ‘The Great Gatsby’s’ connection to the community
One hundred years following its publication, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" remains an iconic part of...
Greg Iles, Mississippi author of ‘Natchez Burning’ trilogy, dies of cancer at 65
Greg Iles, the Mississippi author of the “Natchez Burning” trilogy and other works, has died....
Biblioracle: In ‘Fonseca,’ Jessica Francis Kane turns a real author’s life into a work of imaginative fiction
Penelope Fitzgerald lived and wrote; we can know her. Jessica Francis Kane has taken this...
To know them is to loath them: Oak Park’s Alec Nevala-Lee finds a niche, writing about science’s biggest jerks
Alec Nevala-Lee of Oak Park has developed a talent for writing quite accessible histories of...
Biblioracle: Marcy Dermansky puts ordinary people in almost absurd situations in ‘Hot Air’
It is hard to describe the wonderfully disorienting sensation of entering a Marcy Dermansky novel.
Green Hills library promotes exploration, play with new kids area in Palos Hills
Green Hills Public Library District in Palos Hills recently unveiled its redesigned play area for...