Biblioracle: Charles Baxter’s new novel ‘Blood Test: A Comedy’ is a vibe
The book announces itself as “a comedy” on the cover, but is also, at times...
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Biblioracle: Robert Coover has died at 92. He’s a writer worth reading and worth remembering
Robert Coover published more than 30 books, starting with “The Origin of the Brunists” in...
Biblioracle: John A. Williams deserves to be in the literary canon. Here’s why.
Writers like Charles Stevenson Wright, William Melvin Kelley and John A. Williams should be brought...
Removing books from libraries often takes debate. But there’s a quieter way.
Thousands of books have been removed from schools and libraries over the past several years,...
Column: New book explores the life of Abe Saperstein, the Chicago dynamo who created the Globetrotters
“Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports” by Mark and Matthew Jacob...
Biblioracle: Is the publishing industry in a slump?
In talking to some folks who work up and down the industry, there’s a sense...
Writer and educator Peter Ferry, who inspired decades of students including Dave Eggers, dies at 77
For a while, he wrote for the Tribune and his most recent novel was adapted...
This year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ awards are announced, with 2 Chicago winners
Twenty-two new geniuses were anointed Tuesday as the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation announced the 2024 winners...
Biblioracle: I didn’t think I liked autofiction until I read ‘Small Rain’
Garth Greenwell’s new novel unfolds over the nearly two weeks of his hospitalization. It had...
The story of how these teens became published authors: ‘You’ll never know unless you take the risk’
Five long months into the pandemic, Aiden Branss found himself wide awake in the middle of...