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Columns & Opinion
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On Culture
Mar 31, 2015
With the arrival of US Artists, Chicago becomes home to still more 'genius' grants
The arts nonprofit, which awards dozens of $50,000 fellowships yearly, joins the MacArthur Foundation in what's becoming a hub of the 'prestige economy.'
By Deanna Isaacs
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Deanna Isaacs on Culture
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MacArthur Foundation
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United States Artists Fellows
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MacArthur genius grant
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Kennedy Center
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Kennedy Center Honors
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National Endowment for the Arts
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National Medal of Arts
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Chicago Artists' Coalition
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Carolina Garcia Jayaram
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Poetry Foundation
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Hubbard Street Dance
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Theaster Gates
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Dorchester Projects
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James English
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The Economy of Prestige
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Chris Abani
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Hubbard Street Dance
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Alejandro Cerrudo
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LaToya Ruby Frazier
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Achy Obejas
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Annie Proulx
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Pulitzer
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National Book Award
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Brokeback Mountain
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Art People: Iñigo Manglano Ovalle
Arts & Culture
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Feature
Oct 27, 2014
Patti Smith discusses art, remembrance, and detective shows
The rock legend comes to town to speak at the Humanities Fest and sing at the Old Town School.
By Aimee Levitt
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Feature
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Robert Mapplethorpe
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Fred "Sonic" Smith
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Just Kids
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Horses album
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Chelsea Hotel
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Law and Order: Criminal Intent
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The Killing
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Vincent D'Onofrio
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Linden
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Chicago Tribune Literary Award
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Chicago Humanities Festival
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National Book Award
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All Soul's Day
Arts & Culture
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Book Review
Sep 30, 2014
Recommended
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.
By Janet Potter
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Book Review
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Wolf in White Van
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John Darnielle
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the Mountain Goats
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Black Sabbath
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Master of Reality
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National Book Award
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Sean Phillips
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Conan the Barbarian
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Recommended
Arts & Culture
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Book Review
Apr 15, 2014
Family secrets fill Julia Glass's
And the Dark Sacred Night
As a successor to the National Book Award-winning
Three Junes
, Glass's new novel is just good enough.
By Aimee Levitt
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Book Review
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Julia Glass
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novels
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myesteries
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characters
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National Book Award
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secrets
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plot
Arts & Culture
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Book Review
Apr 3, 2013
Image
Who's to blame for violence against Native women?
In
The Round House
, Louise Erdrich settles for an easy target.
By Steve Bogira
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North Dakota
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Native American women
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Amnesty International
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The New York Times
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National Book Award
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Louise Erdrich
Blogs
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Bleader
May 7, 2012
On Robert Caro, LBJ, Clinton, editors, and deadlines
I have a personal reason for appreciating Robert Caro
By Steve Bogira
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The Passage of Power
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1964 State of the Union address
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Knopf
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My Life
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Paris Review
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Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 13, 2010
Patti Smith's Memoir Nominated for a National Book Award
By Jerome Ludwig
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Just Kids
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Columbia College
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Conversations in the Arts
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 16, 2010
Bonnie Jo Campbell at Story Week Festival of Writers
Bonnie Jo Campbell at Columbia College's Story Week Festival of Writers
By Jerome Ludwig
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Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 29, 2010
Josha Ferris, The Unnamed
Joshua Ferris's new book The Unnamed is a bit of a disappointment.
By Jerome Ludwig
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The Unnamed
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Danville
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Dick Van Dyke
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Bobby Short
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National Book Award
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Jay McInerney
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New York Times
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 15, 2009
Bonnie Jo Campbell, National Book Award finalist in fiction
Kalamazoo-based writer Bonnie Jo Campbell, subject of a Reader profile back in 2000, has been nominated for a National Book Award.
By Jerome Ludwig
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Books
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Bonnie Jo Campbell
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American Salvage
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Wayne State University Press
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Colum McCann
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Let the Great World Spin
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Daniyal Mueenuddin
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In Other Rooms Other Wonders
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Jayne Anne Phillips
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Lark and Termite
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Marcel Theroux
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Far North
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 15, 2008
Patricia Smith (remember her?) nominated for a National Book Award
Fallen journalist Patricia Smith is a National Book Award finalist for poetry.
By Michael Miner
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Green Mill
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