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Biblioracle: Five more of my favorite fiction books of the year
Among this week's five works of fiction for 2022 is a book I never thought I'd read.
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Chicagoans of the Year for Books: Librarians and library workers of Illinois fight for dignity during a year of challenges
Public libraries were battlegrounds this year for groups opposed to everything from mask mandates and LGBTQ rights to YA novels about racism.
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Biblioracle: Five of my favorite fiction books of the year
There are lots of great books published every year, but part one of the Biblioracle Book Awards for fiction includes just five titles.
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9 tried-and-true cookbooks that make perfect holiday gifts — including 3 by Chicagoans
Cookbooks are ideal Christmas and holiday gifts for cooks and bakers — here are our nine recommendations of essential cookbooks for every cook.
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Chicagoan Natasha Tarpley brings us another ode to Black love with latest children’s book, ‘Keyana Loves Her Family’
Fans of "I Love My Hair!" will appreciate that Keyana, the child protagonist, will be featured in a new series of picture books.
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Biblioracle: My favorite memoirs and nonfiction books of the past year
Other nonfiction standouts include “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands” by Kate Beaton and "Number One Is Walking" by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss.
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Biblioracle: Struggling with gift ideas this year? Books are the answer
If you're struggling with gift-giving etiquette this holiday season, the answer is simple: Give everyone a book.
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The 10 Best Books of 2022: A Mason-Dixon mission, ‘Rabbit Hutch’ and, oh yeah, Bob Dylan
In a particularly good year for books, we also include the graphic novel "Ducks," an examination of Sandy Hook and another 10 honorable mentions.
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Poetry has a new editor — and now a new issue. It’s time to give a fresh look at this important Chicago magazine.
Adrian Matejka sees the 110-year-old Poetry magazine as “a space for conversation as much as it is a testament to the revolutionary work happening right now."
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10 tips for discussion at your book club, especially if you didn’t like the book
An author was invited to a book club to talk about her new novel. At the meeting, one of the members spoke up to note how vehemently she had disliked the book.
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Biblioracle: With the flood of new books, don’t overlook these 6 titles
You better get going because these books aren’t going to read themselves, and there’s more on the way.
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The happy ups and dangerous downs in the life and career of local rocker Michael McDermott
His new memoir is “Scars From Another Life.” He still has fans around the world, and can count Stephen King as one of the biggest.
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Biblioracle: Inflation is the big story of the moment, with book prices the exception
The beneficiary of this, at least to some degree, is the consumer, who is paying less for books than they would have had they kept up with inflation in terms of cost.
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Column: Joe Maddon is ‘humbled’ by Cubs fans in his return to Chicago to promote a new book
A trip back to Chicago to promote his new book left former Cubs manager Joe Maddon humbled by the support he still gets from fans.
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Biblioracle: Now’s your chance to buy items once owned by Joan Didion, from books to art to paper clips
The Stair Galleries will auction Joan Didion’s effects, and some people are desperate to possess anything the author once touched.
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Biblioracle: Publishing has not seen a phenomenon like Colleen Hoover and ‘It Starts with Us’ in years
Her new book, a sequel to 2016's “It Ends with Us,” sold an astounding 800,000 copies on the first day of its release.
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Bono opens book tour for ‘Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story’
The 62-year-old singer, songwriter and humanitarian described himself as an eternal boy (born Paul David Hewson) with his fists “in the air,” a “grandstanding” rock star and a baritone trying to be a tenor.
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They’re not Nazis. They just play them on weekends, at reenactments. Is this really teaching history?
"We deliver a story, say what happened," say some who don German uniforms at Rockford’s annual World War II Days. But some historians and Holocaust experts say that kind of reasoning can be shallow.
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Biblioracle: Rediscovering Chicago writer Thomas Rogers and his ‘Confession’
When I travel to unfamiliar places I go to a local used bookstore. College towns are among the best spots for new (to me) discoveries.
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Poetry Foundation’s Lilly Prizes make for a memorable night: ‘You hear about it, you dream about it, but you never expect that you will get’
“The thing about poetry is it is more popular during times of social upheaval and turmoil,” winner Angela Jackson said.