- Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2013
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Marcus Samuelsson's Yes, Chef—reviewed
A review of the celebrity chef's new memoir.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Apr 18, 2013
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The accidental discovery of our favorite Mexican restaurant
A near-disastrous Joravsky family road trip leads to a local treasure.
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Jul 31, 2012
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His life in the theater
With Confessions of a Transylvanian, Chicago actor Kevin Theis does the “Time Warp” again
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, May 22, 2012
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Alison Bechdel remembers Mama
The cartoonist looks at her first troubled relationship in Are You My Mother?
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Oct 27, 2011
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Ebert measures up to celluloid’s stoic heroes
Life Itself: the new memoir from the legendary Sun-Times film critic
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, May 26, 2011
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In The Chronology of Water, words get memoirist Lidia Yuknavitch through a riptide life.
- Lit & Lectures, Lit Critic's Choice, Mar 3, 2011
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Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas
The two discuss their new memoir, Life, on the Line
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 26, 2010
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2/26-2/27 — Free Show and Writing Workshop with Abby Sher
Second City alum and author Abby Sher presents a free performance on Fri 2/26 at 7 PM and free writing workshop Sat 2/27 from noon to 2 PM, both at Flourish Studios.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 3, 2007
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When nothing is something
Nica Lalli's new book's a keeper.
- News & Features, Essay, Nov 13, 2003
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Out of the Wreckage
Richard Yates knew enough sorrow to fill a bookshelf. At the end of his life, when I knew him, he was still working on it.
