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Art of Backscratching in Chicago
"e;Ed McElroy, clear of eye, sound of mind, and eighty-three years of age . . . guides his black Cadillac down Halsted Street."e; So begins longtime Chicago journalist Neil …
Spiral Jetta Summer
Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, four hundred stainless steel …
Ice Age Forensics
Frozen mammals of the Ice Age, preserved for millennia in the tundra, have been a source of fascination and mystery since their first discovery over two centuries ago. The 1979 …
Incident at Naples
Born in Australia, novelist Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair …
Shylock on Trial
William Shakespeare is inextricably linked with the law, his plays rich in its terms, settings, and thought processes. In Shylock on Trial: The Appellate Briefs, the Hon. Richard …
What Every Novelist Needs to Know about Narrators
Wayne Booth transformed the study of fiction in the twentieth century and wrote some of the most influential and engaging criticism of our time. In What Every Novelist Needs to …
Little History of Photography Criticism; or, Why Do Photography Critics Hate Photography?
In A Short History of Photography Criticism; or, Why Do Photography Critics Hate Photography?, Susie Linfield contends that by looking at images of political violence and learning …
We All Feel
From the time of our earliest childhood encounters with animals, we casually ascribe familiar emotions to them, though scientists have long cautioned against such …
2012 Campaign and the Timeline of Presidential Elections
Do voters cast ballots for the candidates whose positions best match their own? Or does the race for president come down to who runs the most effective campaign? In their book, The …
Hagfish Slime and Lobster Rolls
When viewed from a quiet beach, the ocean, with its rolling waves and vast expanse, can seem calm, even serene. But hidden beneath the sea s waves are a staggering abundance and …
So Lonesome
Hank Williams (1923 53) was an American singer-songwriter and musician regarded as the most important country music artist of all time, creator of an unforgettable sound and …