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Hailed by Salman Rushdie as "one of the most important voices coming out of Latin America," author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivers a memoir that excavates his profound and provocative journey as an exile.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian executed by the Nazis in April 1945 for his involvement in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

Kirsten Kaschock and Adam Levin, author of The Instructions, will discuss Kaschock's debut novel, Sleight.

Nuri is a young boy when his mother dies. When he meets Mona by the pool of the Magda Marina hotel, the rest of the world vanishes. But it is Nuri’s father with whom Mona falls in love and marries.

This June marks the 150th anniversary of José Rizal’s birth.

Award-winning author Bryan Gruley interviews Keir Graff, the author of The Price of Liberty, a popular thriller recently released in paperback. The event promises a stimulating conversation between two authors with an easygoing rapport.

Chicago is fortunate to have complementary exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Newberry (Illuminated Manuscripts and Printed Books: French Renaissance Gems of the Newberry) exploring the Renaissance in France.