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    Jun 14, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Last stand for the printed page

    Bob Katzman of Bob Katzman's Magazine Museum in Skokie first called last summer.
    Bob Katzman of Bob Katzman's Magazine Museum in Skokie first called last summer. He really wanted a story, he explained, because, well, he had such a great story to tell: He had 140,000 magazines and newspapers, flags from around the world, buttons that...

    Tags: Newspapers, Unexplained Phenomena, The New York Times, NPR, Newspaper and Magazine

    2. Jun 9, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Meditation on family nets Algren Award

    Erika Schmidt has come a long way since "The Island of Doughnut Hole Lake," her first full-length story written in collaboration with a fourth grade classmate. That illustrated piece, inspired by Scott O'Dell's "Island of the Blue Dolphins," followed the happenings on — you guessed it — a doughnut-shaped island with a lake in the middle.
    Erika Schmidt has come a long way since "The Island of Doughnut Hole Lake," her first full-length story written in collaboration with a fourth grade classmate. That illustrated piece, inspired by Scott O'Dell's "Island of the Blue Dolphins," followed...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Doughnuts, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages

    3. May 9, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Counting down to Lit Fest

    <em>(This selection is edited for clarity and length.)</em>
    (This selection is edited for clarity and length.) Tom Acitelli What do you think of when you think of Chicago? Oddly enough, the 1860 Republican convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln. Who is an author you'd like to meet, dead or alive?...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Kate Bush, The New York Times, Book, Blockbuster

    4. May 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Five books by Chicago authors appearing at Lit Fest

    In Thomas Dyja's cultural history of Chicago, &quot;The Third Coast," he writes that in Nelson Algren's day, "being Chicago's Famous Writer was like winning the heavyweight title &mdash; there was only one at a time, and you kept the belt for as long as you could beat all comers." That's not true anymore. But while you may know the names of many of the city's heaviest hitters &mdash; Gillian Flynn, Chris Ware, Stuart Dybek &mdash; Printers Row Lit Fest offers a chance to become familiar with many more. This week's roundup features five Chicago-area authors &mdash; some more established than others &mdash; who each published debut novels within the past year.
    In Thomas Dyja's cultural history of Chicago, "The Third Coast," he writes that in Nelson Algren's day, "being Chicago's Famous Writer was like winning the heavyweight title — there was only one at a time, and you kept the belt for as long as you...

    Tags: Fiction, Rogers Park, Authors, Edgar Allan Poe, Arts and Culture

    5. May 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. The Biblioracle: Going against Google Glass

    Raise your hand if you've ever tried reading a book while walking down the street.
    Raise your hand if you've ever tried reading a book while walking down the street. Mine would be up except that I need fingers to type. Many times, especially back during my commuting to the Loop days, I'd have my nose in a book through the entirety...

    Tags: Google Inc., Google Glass, Nero (music group)

    6. Apr 12, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise

    &quot;The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream" has an elegant, unflinching, non-nostalgic clarity about Chicago that you rarely see in books about Chicago.
    Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...

    Tags: Architecture, Fine Artists, Manhattan (New York City), Imperial and Royal Matters, The Second City

    7. Apr 5, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Beyond movies, a lesson in dying

    Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week.
    Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week. As of Wednesday, more than 50,000 people had searched for his name, an impressive display of his influence. He wasn't quite as hot as North Korea or Jay Leno, but he was...

    Tags: Apple MacBook Pro, Chicago Sun-Times, Carl Sandburg, Google Inc., Roger Ebert

    8. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Let's review: Rachel Shteir and poor Chicago

    And they said the gentle art of literary criticism was dead, confined to irrelevance. Not this week, gentle reader. Not in Chicago. Not in the heat of L'affaire de Shteir. What book review in the history of Chicago literature &mdash; heck, what recent book review, period &mdash; has enjoyed the attention afforded to Rachel Shteir's review in the last Sunday's New York Times?
    Tribune critic
    And they said the gentle art of literary criticism was dead, confined to irrelevance. Not this week, gentle reader. Not in Chicago. Not in the heat of L'affaire de Shteir. What book review in the history of Chicago literature — heck, what recent...

    Tags: Newspapers, Rod Blagojevich, The New York Times, Chicago Reader, Book

    9. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Stop dissing the humanities

    If any line item in the state or federal budgets cries out for more resources, or even just a little more respect, it's the arts and humanities. Never mind that many writers, artists and scholars have the fresh ideas that our times so desperately need. When politicians and columnists call for increased spending on STEM projects &mdash; that's science, technology, engineering and mathematics &mdash; don't they know they're alienating at least half the country?
    If any line item in the state or federal budgets cries out for more resources, or even just a little more respect, it's the arts and humanities. Never mind that many writers, artists and scholars have the fresh ideas that our times so desperately need....

    Tags: Newspapers, Barack Obama, Nobel Prize Awards, Authors, Politics

    10. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Excerpt: 'The Third Coast' by Thomas Dyja

    From his stove, Nelson Algren saw a dark shape stumble out of the bar across Wabansia Avenue. It teetered once, then slumped under the Nectar Beer sign, sizzling neon in the bitter February cold. Eight degrees, an army fatigue jacket, and too many shots of Old Taylor; he'd be face-down dead in a snowbank before the end of the night. Algren felt a pang. Did the guy's cat die? Was his wife screwing the precinct's captain? It was only a pork chop frying in the pan, but he had an urge to drag the rummy up here and give it to him with a cup of coffee. There were only the two rooms &mdash; kitchen and bedroom, plus a shared head for 10 bucks a month &mdash; but they were warm, full of books, and Algren had another pork chop ...
    From his stove, Nelson Algren saw a dark shape stumble out of the bar across Wabansia Avenue. It teetered once, then slumped under the Nectar Beer sign, sizzling neon in the bitter February cold. Eight degrees, an army fatigue jacket, and too many shots...

    Tags: Chicago Hotels, Chicago Tribune, Langston Hughes, Political Systems, Nazi Party

    11. Apr 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Ebert showed how to die with grace

    Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week. As of Wednesday, more than 50,000 people had searched for his name, an impressive display of his influence. He wasn't quite as hot as North Korea or Jay Leno, but he was running...

    Tags: Chicago Sun-Times, Apple MacBook Pro, Carl Sandburg, Google Inc., Roger Ebert

    12. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Schmich: Ebert reflects well on Chicago

    <em>This column originally ran in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 21, 2011</em>.
    This column originally ran in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 21, 2011. Some years ago when I was new to Chicago, I spotted Roger Ebert in the frozen-foods aisle of a grocery store. He was famous by then, and I did what any normal person does at the sight...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Carl Sandburg, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert

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