Building Bridges: Spanish and English Writers in Conversation

May. 19, 2011
The Spain-USA Foundation and the Embassy of Spain, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Spain, Duomo ediciones, Granta en español, and the Instituto Cervantes in Chicago, are pleased to present this literary tour in major US cities featuring some of the best young Spanish language noveli

Novelist Chris Mazza tackles exploitation in new novel

May. 19, 2011
A correction has been made to this story.Hester Smith knows a thing or two about failure. She’s ended up working at a greenhouse near the Mexican border despite a promising start in higher education. There she discovers a thriving business, not in plants, but in Mexican sex slaves.

Radio and TV host Tavis Smiley's new book points to failure as path to success

May. 19, 2011
Woody Allen says if you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative. Tavis Smiley would no doubt agree. He believes that failure is at the very least an opportunity to start anew, whether on the global economic scale or on a personal level.

Meet the Author: Joshua Kendall, "The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of American Culture"

May. 17, 2011
Noah Webster's name is synonymous with the dictionary he created, but his story is not nearly so well known. In The Forgotten Founding Father, Joshua Kendall uncovers Webster's contributions to early American nationalism.

J. Patrick Lewis named new Children’s Poet Laureate

May. 12, 2011
 The Chicago-based Poetry Foundation named a new Children’s Poet Laureate on Wednesday.J.

Society of Midland Authors Awards Banquet

May. 11, 2011
The Society of Midland Authors holds its Annual Awards Dinner, honoring the best books by Midwestern authors published last year in six categories: adult fiction, adult nonfiction, poetry, biography, children’s fiction and children’s nonfiction.ADULT FICTION

Adam Hochschild, "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918"

May. 7, 2011
World War I stands as one of history’s most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation and leaving bitter disillusion in its wake.

Nussbaum proposes a new way of assessing national well-being

May. 4, 2011
Deciding whether or not a country is advancing often comes down to a numbers game. Gross domestic product, or GDP, is the typical measure by which we track a nation’s economic progress or failure. But many argue that measure falls short of the mark.

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