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In her recent memoir, beloved blogger Jen Larsen details her experience losing almost 200 pounds via surgery – and her discovery that weight loss is not a magic bullet for happiness.

The Facebook COO discussed her controversial new book Thursday, and explained why she thinks women are holding themselves back from achieving the same workplace success as men. 

The idolization of stars like Rihanna and Justin Bieber points to a serious problem of celebrity worship in our culture. 

Sapphire does not shy away from difficult subjects. In The Kid, the sequel to her 1996 novel Push, she again takes up the topic of childhood sexual abuse, and what happens when institutions that are supposed to protect children fail to do so. 

Chicago Tribune journalist and WBEZ radio host Rick Kogan presents guests from Chicago’s literary community reading works by their favorite Chicago authors.

Chicago allows those with a creative bent the opportunity to explore their ideas in a way that is not possible almost anywhere else.

Writers Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), Jane Hamilton (Laura Rider’s Masterpiece) and Joe Meno (Office Girl) read from their work, followed by music from Chicago band The Right Now.