Live in the DShowcasing the positive things going on in our neighborhoods and communities that you may not know about.
Betty Davis, hard funk pioneer, dead at 77Betty Davis, a bold and pioneering funk singer, model and songwriter of the 1960s and '70s who was credited with inspiring then-husband Miles Davis’ landmark fusion of jazz and more contemporary sounds, has died.
Hanif Abdurraqib, Tom Lin receive Carnegie literary awardsReceiving a literary prize from the American Library Association is a kind of homecoming for the essayist-poet Hanif Abdurraqib.
Whitehead, Jeffers among Book Critics Circle nomineesColson Whitehead’s “Harlem Shuffle,” Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ “The Love Songs of W.
Daywatch: Tensions between Black, Latino aldermen go public over city’s ward map | Allstate to sell Northbrook campus for $232 million | Best books of 2021Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.chicagotribune.com
Lauren Groff, Ibram X. Kendi among Carnegie Medal finalistsLauren Groff’s novel “Matrix” is among the finalists for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for fiction.
Groff, Doerr are among National Book Award finalistsLauren Groff is a National Book Award finalist for her third consecutive book.
Louis Menand among nonfiction National Book Award nomineesLouis Menand’s Cold War cultural history “The Free World” and Hanif Abdurraqib’s meditation on Black artistry “A Little Devil in America” are among the works on the nonfiction longlist for the National Book Awards.
'Boyz n the Void,' by G'Ra Asim book reviewA natural born iconoclast, G’Ra Asim isn’t afraid to critique the punk scene’s faults and limitations.washingtonpost.com
