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Posted inBlogs

The World Series-winning Cubs will be the last team Obama hosts in the White House, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Department of Justice will reportedly release the findings of its Chicago police probe Friday.

Posted inBlogs

Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, and other former prisoners Donald Trump must not like

by Michael Miner July 21, 2015August 18, 2021

Would Trump really dislike all these famous former prisoners, many of whom went on to run countries?

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CPS has libraries—but where are the librarians?

by Ben Joravsky July 12, 2014August 18, 2021

Even after all the school closings, CPS still can’t find the money to hire librarians for about half its schools.

Posted inBlogs

The year in movie revivals, H through N

by Ben Sachs December 24, 2013August 19, 2021

The second in a three-part series on the year’s best repertory screenings

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Things to do with semicolons

by Sam Worley September 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Put them on your skin, for one

Joe Meno
Posted inArts & Culture

Vonnegut’s Disciple

by Joe Meno April 21, 2011August 19, 2021

Slaughterhouse-Five gave Joe Meno a path to The Great Perhaps.

Posted inArts & Culture

Spring Books: Homages

by Tony Adler April 21, 2011August 19, 2021

Five Chicago novelists on the books and writers that inspired them.

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R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut

by Whet Moser April 12, 2007August 19, 2021

R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut, a man in full.

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Science fiction and literature, the grudge match

by Harold Henderson January 4, 2007August 19, 2021

Is any sci-fi good?

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