"Audiences in the Midwest allow you to be yourself. In New York, you’ve got to fight for recognition. The Midwest is just kind of 'Let’s see what you got.'" Read more
Break out the hammock and relax with a book about the craft beer revolution, Rebecca Makkai's Boystown novel, Kim Brooks's non-fiction examination of parenthood and fear in America, and more. Read more
How the author of 'The Time Traveler's Wife' and the illustrator of the graphic-novel classic 'From Hell' met cute, married at Chicago City Hall, and collaborated on a new book. Read more
