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- Arts & Culture, Feature Mar 1, 2018
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How an Evanston writer’s boyhood idea inspired ‘Shape of Water’
Guillermo del Toro tapped Daniel Kraus to help write the story behind the Oscar-nominated blockbuster.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 14, 2018
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Chicago author Daniel Kraus to finish George A. Romero's final zombie novel
"My next book is my wildest dream come true," Kraus says.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Jul 18, 2017
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A new exhibit is Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s moving, elaborate farewell
The late Chicago author and filmmaker’s life is on display in “A Beauty Salon.”
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 2, 2016
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Aug 18, 2016
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Drawn & Quarterly reintroduces Marlys Mullen
A book-length collection of Lynda Barry’s acclaimed comic strip is reissued.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Mar 17, 2016
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Behold! The off-the-wall, always-growing world of Hello From the Magic Tavern
Gather around and read the tale of how three improv comedians created the most insane fake-fantasy podcast to hit the airwaves.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Feb 17, 2016
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In the graphic novel Beverly, a gesture's worth 1,000 words
Nick Drnaso's stories aren't as simple as they look.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 5, 2015
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In the novel The Voiceover Artist, a silent boy has a big dream
Dave Reidy's first novel shows the struggle of projecting oneself into the world.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 10, 2015
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Joe Meno finds Marvel and a Wonder in an old-school midwestern white man
It's also the first novel about the crisis of American masculinity that this reviewer has actually enjoyed.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
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Gloria Steinem talks to Roxane Gay about her new memoir, My Life on the Road
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
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Joe Meno's new novel is a Marvel and a Wonder
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
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History buff Sarah Vowell looks at the Revolutionary War through the eyes of a young French marquis who fought in it
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2015
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Chicago actors' sitcom pilot a finalist in NBC's Comedy Playground contest
Bobby & Iza, a pilot by Chicagoans Bobby Richards and Avery Lee, is i
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Jun 19, 2015
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The Ghost Network gives you three mysteries for the price of one
Also included: anarchy, architectural theory, investigative journalism, and pop music
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2015
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Patton Oswalt reflects on his addiction to film in the new memoir Silver Screen Fiend
Comedian Patton Oswalt's memoir Silver Screen Fiend is about his biggest addiction: film.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Dec 15, 2014
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In Bare-Knuckled Lit, Write Club's greatest hits pack a wallop
A new book assembles the punchiest essays from the national live-lit event that was founded in Chicago.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Sep 30, 2014
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John Darnielle masters unreality with Wolf in White Van
In his first full-length novel, the Mountain Goats singer-songwriter crafts a story of escape and tragedy.
- Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 25, 2014
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Best CTA Employee to Go Out Smiling
Michael Powell
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Mar 2, 2014
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The world according to Pilsen
Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski's first book, Painted Cities, explores the universe of the neighborhood where he grew up.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jan 27, 2014
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How Emily Graslie went from YouTube science star to full-time at the Field Museum
Graslie was a 20-year-old aspiring artist who visited a zoological museum on a whim. Four years later her vlog, the Brain Scoop, earned her an unusual gig at one of the world's largest natural history museums.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Jan 12, 2014
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In The Answer to the Riddle Is Me, an author really wonders who he is
Struck with amnesia, David MacLean had to piece his life back together in fragments. He tells the story in a new memoir.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 16, 2013
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Too Much Light at 25: An oral history
The Neo-Futurists reflect on a quarter century of their forever-running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Nov 13, 2013
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What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival 2013
Discussed: The ideal number of robots. The meaning of crows' sounds. The Jewish roots of Bambi. The utility of pigs. The evolution of fairy tales.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Oct 22, 2013
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Veronica Roth divides to conquer
The 25-year-old author of the wildly popular Divergent trilogy—which comes to an end this week with the release of Allegiant—talks to us about success, fear, and which faction she'll join after society falls apart.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Oct 8, 2013
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John Oliver would like to speak with you about a few things
The British comic, coming off a successful summer as host of The Daily Show, is the perfect person to critique the insane world of American politics.