Eight New Color Shots by Vivian Maier By Claire Voon A new book unveils the photographer's lesser-seen body of work Read more
How Eve Ewing Deconstructed a CPS Tragedy Interview by Anne Ford The sociologist and poet publishes a postmortem on the 2013 public school closings. Read more
A New Book Festival Is Coming to Bridgeport By Adam Morgan It's run by two of Chicago's most esteemed booksellers, and it debuts this weekend. Read more
Jessica Hopper Recalls When Rent Was $250 in Wicker Park By Kerry Cardoza The music critic's new memoir Night Moves documents her years as a developing writer in mid-aughts Chicago. Read more
Rebecca Makkai Will Change the Way You See Boystown By Adam Morgan The author of The Great Believers on the AIDS epidemic and Chicago’s “Lost Generation.” Read more
Kim Brooks Is an Unhelicopter Mom By Claire Zulkey The author discusses Small Animals, “a parenting book for people who would never read a parenting book.” Read more
The Chicago Poetry Block Party Is a Can't-Miss Literary Event By Adam Morgan Poets Nate Marshall and Eve Ewing tease details of the bash, happening Saturday in Austin. Read more
A New Press. For Old Books. In the Digital Age. Seriously. By Phoebe Mogharei The publication kicks off its newly minted small press with Henry Blake Fuller's The Cliff-Dwellers. Read more
10 New Books for Your Summer Reading List By Adam Morgan 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
Meet Chicago’s First National Youth Poet Laureate By Adam Morgan "I cried," says the Columbia College sophomore. "And then I gave a really bad speech." Read more
