Christopher Borrelli

You know the saying: So many books, so little time? What follows are way too many books to read before Groundhog Day, never mind Thanksgiving.

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Books for fall 2023: Our 75 top picks for serious reading season — and there’s plenty of light stuff here too

September 18, 2023 at 3:29 p.m.

You know the saying: So many books, so little time? What follows are way too many books to read before Groundhog Day, never mind Thanksgiving.

He just released “Road,” his 22nd solo album. Though he is 75, he said he has no plans to retire and can perform these days “with more energy than I had in the ‘70s. I was held back then by alcoholism, but I am in the best shape of my life right now.”

Alice Cooper at 75: ‘The audience is shock proof now.’ But our list of 10 things that might surprise them

August 29, 2023 at 3:41 p.m.

He just released “Road,” his 22nd solo album. Though he is 75, he said he has no plans to retire and can perform these days “with more energy than I...

To publish a new biography in 2023 meant “scraping decades of barnacles off the hull of King until you can say, ‘Let’s look at this again,’” Eig said.

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Jonathan Eig wrote ‘King: A Life’ about Martin Luther King Jr. — the man this time, instead of the myth

June 19, 2023 at 3:58 p.m.

To publish a new biography in 2023 meant “scraping decades of barnacles off the hull of King until you can say, ‘Let’s look at this again,’” Eig said.

Here are 13 choose-your-own-adventure themes for summer reading.

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Update your beach read: 52 books for summer 2023, with some themes in mind

June 12, 2023 at 10:48 a.m.

Here are 13 choose-your-own-adventure themes for summer reading.

Alguien tiene que hacer el papel de malo

November 9, 2022 at 7:25 p.m.

Alguien tiene que hacer de malo. Alguien tiene que hacer de nazi. Si no, ¿cómo se enseña la historia? Esto lo he oído muchas veces. Cada vez que le preguntaba...

¿Qué piensan los meteorólogos?

September 20, 2022 at 6:58 p.m.

Jim Anderson hizo una mueca de dolor al decir "oportunidad". Se detuvo un momento en la palabra mientras una veintena de profesionales del sector meteorológico se sentaban en sillas plegables...

Outstanding book explores Sandy Hook, Alex Jones, and why modern conspiracy theories have been so contagious

May 27, 2022 at 2:45 p.m.

In late April, one week before a trial began that would decide how much Alex Jones should pay the families of first-graders murdered in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook...

Best Gift Books, 2021: Forget the shortages. Look for the unexpected.

December 9, 2021 at 10:45 a.m.

You've probably heard that the supply-chain crisis — and paper shortage, and labor shortage, and ongoing pandemic — has been particularly hard on bookstores. So the most sought-after titles could...

A book critic’s take: The Best American series adds up. I’m trying for the complete set.

December 4, 2021 at 12:15 p.m.

I've been reading the Best American series. To be exact, I've been reading it for 35 years, since high school, when I found a copy of the "Best American Short...

‘Martita, te recuerdo’, de Sandra Cisneros, regresa a la autora a Chicago

September 30, 2021 at 3:15 p.m.

Sandra Cisneros, a sus 66 años, firmemente instalada en el Monte Rushmore literario de Chicago, no ha vivido en Chicago desde hace años. No desde que causó una joven y...

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