The historical novel Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey gives the misunderstood creatures their due.
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25 local books to stock your shelves
Add these new reads by and about Chicagoans to your list.
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Submarine kangaroos and space pirate birthday parties
An afternoon with Poems While You Wait
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Readers and writers rally to rescue Volumes Bookcafe
The owners of the Wicker Park bookstore asked their friends to help them stay open.
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How a DePaul English professor became an art-history sleuth
Kathleen Rooney wondered why she couldn’t find an English translation of Magritte’s writings, so she figured out how to release one on her own.
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The politics of fiction in O, Democracy!
Kathleen Rooney’s debut novel is rooted in her disillusioning experience as an aide to a senator from Illinois.