Biblioracle: ‘Was it a good book?’ Sometimes there’s no easy answer to that question
I told a friend that I'd just read Lorrie Moore's new novel, "I Am Homeless...
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The real Red Cross inspirations behind Luis Alberto Urrea’s bestseller ‘Good Night, Irene.’ Namely, his mom.
Phyllis Irene McLaughlin de Urrea, of Staten Island, died in her sleep at 74, in...
Biblioracle: ‘To Name the Bigger Lie’ explores how our memories may not always tell the truth
In a lot of ways, we are our memories. The things we've done, the people...
How a Lake Forest teacher went from posting scary stories on Reddit to a film deal for his debut novel
Jimmy Juliano's debut novel, "Dead Eleven," has an unusual backstory. The book, out Tuesday, is...
This was your chance to see a loud librarian — annual ALA conference in Chicago over the weekend took on book banning
The American Library Association conference that ended Tuesday at McCormick Place tends to be a...
His debut novel ‘Mickey Sojourn’ takes readers on a wild ride, from Hollywood dreams to bank robberies
A man who once robbed banks was sitting outside a South Side tavern last week....
Biblioracle: For Cormac McCarthy, author of ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country for Old Men,’ it was the books themselves that mattered
"Why did you make us read that?" This comment from a student in my general...
Biblioracle: I’ll take that bet — ChatGPT won’t change the way we value books and writing
Only fools put far-reaching predictions into print where they can be immortalized and then resurrected...
Chicago Public Library making Museum Passport program more digital
Updating its long-running Museum Passport program for the digital world, the Chicago Public Library has...
Biblioracle: From a coming-of-age adventure to a techno-thriller, my 7 ‘hammock reads’ for summer
This is the time of year I'm supposed to be alerting you to the hottest...