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Home » Book swap

Tag: Book swap

Posted inArts & Culture

Lit recs for people who are trying to clear out their TBR piles

by Anne Elizabeth Moore January 14, 2019August 18, 2021

Nick Drnaso’s New Year’s reading resolutions are Anne Elizabeth Moore’s New Year’s reading resolutions.

Posted inArts & Culture

Lit recs to dismantle violence, both the personal and systemic

by Maya Dukmasova December 17, 2018August 18, 2021

The current book obsessions of Reader staff writer Maya Dukmasova and activist Mariame Kaba.

Posted inArts & Culture

Lit (and food) recs for the politically minded Chicagoan

by Kate Schmidt December 10, 2018August 18, 2021

The current book obsessions of Reader deputy editor Kate Schmidt and OneIllinois editor Ted Cox

Posted inArts & Culture

Lit recs for the reader exhausted by the weight of history

by Aimee Levitt December 3, 2018August 18, 2021

The current book obsessions of Reader culture editor Aimee Levitt and essayist and Women & Children First co-owner Sarah Hollenbeck.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

A note from the editor

by Anne Elizabeth Moore November 30, 2018August 18, 2021

As the first snowfalls of winter pummel our work-weary faces, it’s difficult to keep in mind that Chicago can be a safe haven, a destination for refugees, a warm and comforting environment for folks escaping the ravages of poverty and government oppression and war. Some felt it viscerally this week, as American border officials fired […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Lit recs for the recently repatriated Chicagoan

by Anne Elizabeth Moore November 19, 2018August 18, 2021

The current book obsessions of Reader editor in chief Anne Elizabeth Moore and writer, comedian, and artist Salem Collo-Julin.

Posted inBlogs

Everything but the beer

by Reader staff May 27, 2008August 19, 2021

Books, Reader swag, and entertainment courtesy of the Janes

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