Charles Simic, acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dead at 84 By Associated Press January 9, 2023 at 7:11 p.m. Charles Simic, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who awed critics and readers with his singular art...
Biblioracle: Will artificial intelligence like ChatGPT bring the end for all writers? By John Warner January 7, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. When I was a much younger person, there were a couple of popular movies offering...
Biblioracle: My New Year’s reading resolutions for 2023 By John Warner December 31, 2022 at 5:00 a.m. If you want to stick with a New Year's resolution, research suggests adding something good...
Sherlock Holmes entering the public domain in 2023 By baiduhai December 30, 2022 at 9:03 p.m. Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023. The long-running contested copyright dispute over...
How ‘Gender Queer: A Memoir’ became America’s most banned book By Jeffrey Fleishman December 24, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. Maia Kobabe grew up in an idyll. Cow fields threaded by a dirt road. No...
Biblioracle: Five more of my favorite fiction books of the year By John Warner December 24, 2022 at 5:00 a.m. Before getting to the second part of my Biblioracle favorites for fiction for 2022, I...
Chicagoans of the Year for Books: Librarians and library workers of Illinois fight for dignity during a year of challenges By Christopher Borrelli December 21, 2022 at 7:55 a.m. When Julie Milavec thinks back on the past 12 months, her sigh gets long and...
Biblioracle: Five of my favorite fiction books of the year By John Warner December 17, 2022 at 5:00 a.m. In my house, I have two separate cabinets where I put the books I've read...
9 tried-and-true cookbooks that make perfect holiday gifts — including 3 by Chicagoans By Ariel Cheung March 12, 2024 at 12:07 p.m. If you're the type of cook with well-thumbed cookbooks filled with your most-used recipes —...
Chicagoan Natasha Tarpley brings us another ode to Black love with latest children’s book, ‘Keyana Loves Her Family’ By Darcel Rockett December 15, 2022 at 1:03 p.m. The holidays can bring out the warm and fuzzies as familial traditions and classics are...