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‘Evil Geniuses’: Kurt Andersen’s latest cultural history explores how we got to this new American low

August 31, 2020 at 2:00 a.m.

One of the most head-scratching mysteries of recent days and weeks is how the stock market continues to flirt with record highs. Even as the unemployment rate is over 10%....

A busload of women departed from Evergreen Park on Friday night to participate in the 2017 Women's March in Washington, D.C. Protests such as this one are inspired by many of the concerns addressed in Kate Manne's new book, "Entitled."

Opinion: ‘Entitled’ by Kate Manne offers airtight case against everyday misogyny in American culture

August 26, 2020 at 12:35 p.m.

According to The New York Times, 2020 could be the year of the "rage moms." Rage Moms are the newest incarnation of the suburban, overwhelmingly white voters previously characterized as...

Recent Twitter chatter got Biblioracle columnist John Warner to reflect on the pleasures of books with deckle edges.

For the love of a deckle edge: John Warner notes the tactile pleasures of reading unevenly bound pages

August 16, 2020 at 3:00 a.m.

I know that I should know better than to believe what I read on Twitter before checking it out for myself, but I recently saw speculation that publishers were phasing...

Column: Want to understand latest American chaos? These 4 new books are must-reads.

August 17, 2020 at 8:12 a.m.

A couple weekends ago, I was enjoying a getaway to the mountains of western North Carolina with Mrs. Biblioracle when the cabin started shaking right around 8 in the morning....

Charlie Kaufman, best known for his screenwriting, is the author of the new novel "Antkind."

Opinion: Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Antkind’ entertains, but is it worth reading all 700 pages?

August 3, 2020 at 4:12 p.m.

Is it OK to recommend a book that you haven't finished? I'm asking for a friend ... er, , fine, I'm asking for myself, because I'm facing a dilemma regarding...

We need a new WPA, writes Biblioracle columnist John Warner. Here's one example of the work the federal program produced, a WPA mural, shown here in 2007 at the Irving Park Post Office.

Biblioracle: We need a new WPA for the COVID-19 era

July 28, 2020 at 12:07 p.m.

If it isn't yet clear to most, it should be soon, we're going to need something extraordinary to preserve broad public access to arts and culture. The coronavirus is the...

Column: Parenthood as a slalom toward bankruptcy: 3 recent novels illuminate our new age of precarity

July 20, 2020 at 8:25 a.m.

There is a line in the second chapter of Lynn Steger Strong's recently released novel, "Want," that caused me to gasp as though a chainsaw-wielding maniac had just shown up...

This image taken from the Room Rater Twitter account shows Beto O'Rourke appearing on MSNBC. Ever since the coronavirus forced public figures to speak to the masses from their dens, living rooms and kitchens, television has given us a glimpse into their lives that we never got when they were in the studio. (Twitter page of Room Rater via AP)

Spying on celebrity bookshelves: Celebrating a pandemic guilty pleasure

July 13, 2020 at 3:00 a.m.

Bill B. of DesPlaines wrote recently to share one of his pandemic-related obsessions: trying to decipher what's on the bookshelves of people being interviewed on television. He asked if I...

"Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man" by Mary L. Trump, left, was originally set for release on July 28, but will now arrive on July 14.

Mary Trump’s tell-all book is due out July 14: The president needs to stop trying to quash rights, says Biblioracle

July 6, 2020 at 3:13 p.m.

President Donald Trump likes to claim that he is a protector of the Constitution, but there is at least one Amendment he seems to find problematic: the First. Just as...

The fall 2020 book release calendar is going to be particularly crowded, given all the titles that have moved from spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Column: The fall book release calendar is even more crowded than usual — and readers are going to have to work harder

June 29, 2020 at 8:35 a.m.

Every fall, I lament that I won't be able to get to all the worthy books that start rolling out in September. Now, thanks to the coronavirus, laying hands on...

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