From James Beard Award winner and New York Times-best-selling author of The Art of Fermentation, Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys explores the recipes, processes, cultural traditions and stories from around the globe that inspire the author’s life’s work — a cookbook destined to become a modern classic essential for every home chef. For the past two […]
Named by Time magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. The New York Times best-selling author and ultramarathoning legend has run everywhere from the shoe-melting heat of Death Valley to the lung-freezing cold of the South Pole. In A […]
Raquel Salas Rivera’s sixth poetry collection, antes que isla es volcan/before island is volcano, looks to the future of Puerto Rico with love, rage, beauty and hope, and promises to cement his status as one of the most important poets working today. In sharp, crystalline verses, written in both Spanish and English, this collection daringly […]
The New York Times best-selling author Meg Waite Clayton’s seventh novel, The Last Train to London, was an international bestseller, earning recognition from USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and the National Jewish Book Awards, and her screenplay for the novel was chosen for the Meryl Streep– and Nicole Kidman-sponsored The Writers Lab. So it’s no wonder […]
The New York Times best-selling author Meg Waite Clayton’s seventh novel, The Last Train to London, was an international bestseller, earning recognition from USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and the National Jewish Book Awards, and her screenplay for the novel was chosen for the Meryl Streep– and Nicole Kidman-sponsored The Writers Lab. So it’s no wonder […]
The slight chill in the air signals the arrival of fall and the perfect time to get lost in a bewitching book. From magical tales to clever murder mysteries to psychological thrillers, 2021 did not disappoint with new releases. Check out a list of spooky books with enough twists and turns to keep you reading […]
One in five U.S. adults experiences mental illness each year, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That number includes the writer of this article and three Chicago authors on “The Power of Compassion” panel at Printers Row Lit Fest. If you take anything away from the words below, it’s that you are […]
Cathy Rath wears many hats: She’s a professor, a social justice advocate and organizer, a writing coach and tutor, and now, a novelist. There’s one thing that unites her passions, however, an unwavering commitment to social good. Rath is from New York, but was drawn to the West Coast’s activist environment in the 1970s. She […]
Dawn Turner, a former columnist and reporter for the Chicago Tribune, has devoted her career to writing about race, politics and people whose stories are dismissed or ignored. She turned to her own childhood for inspiration for her new memoir, “Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate and Sisterhood.” Turner, who […]
Cathy Rath wears many hats: She’s a professor, a social justice advocate and organizer, a writing coach and tutor, and now, a novelist. There’s one thing that unites her passions, however, an unwavering commitment to social good. Rath is from New York, but was drawn to the West Coast’s activist environment in the 1970s. She […]
