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Chicagoan of the Year for Books: Every so often, a book comes along that changes everything. Enter Jonathan Eig and ‘King.’

December 19, 2023 at 5:04 p.m.

The Chicago literary world, every year, without fail, is good for a great book or...

December 16, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Each year during holiday times I try to conjure some book-related gift-giving advice. This year,...

December 12, 2023 at 10:01 a.m.

The radio, one of the niftiest inventions of the 20th century, has been informing, entertaining,...

December 9, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Jack Reacher is back, both on the page and on the screen. The page is...

December 4, 2023 at 4:49 p.m.

There is a piece of writing that I find so funny in the dozen or...

November 30, 2023 at 5:45 a.m.

Stephen Nissenbaum, in his terrific 1997 history of the holiday season, "The Battle for Christmas,"...

November 28, 2023 at 7:53 a.m.

His statistics do not jump out: 3,442 at bats in 1,061 games, 813 hits, 82...

November 26, 2023 at 4:46 p.m.

Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges...

November 25, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

There are a lot of books out there purporting to unlock the keys to improved...

November 18, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

When thinking about what to read and then what to share here, I sometimes get...