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The middles of novels are very hard to write, but the middle of stories are where everything changes,’ says the author.

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I was born on December 7, 1933. Bongram in Jessore district was my birthplace. India had not yet been partitioned. We were getting by as a middle-class family, but then one day in my adolescence I saw ...

Best of Chicago 2025 Credit: Cover and section photography by Kirk Williamson. Creative direction and prop styling by Shira Friedman-Parks, Amber Huff, and Kirk Williamson. Design by Corianton Hale.

When I ask my girlfriend about the book she’s reading, it’s a given I’ll spend the next couple of minutes in utter confusion. Yesterday Ami responded to my query by saying her latest read made her ...

Although he retired from a long career as a law professor at LSU in 2011, Patrick H. Martin continues to lead a busy life. Martin, who turns 81 this month, has served as an adjunct professor at LSU in ...

As the temperatures drop and the holidays wind down, Whidbey Island beckons as the perfect setting for a cozy, winter retreat, whether you’re a reader or a writer. The island offers a slower-paced, ...

So, you’re looking to get better at coding with Python, and maybe you’ve heard about LeetCode. It’s a pretty popular place to practice coding problems, especially if you’re aiming for tech jobs.

When Tony Adler retired, somewhat abruptly, as the senior theater critic of the Chicago Reader in 2018, the headline to writer Max Maller’s deeply admiring article read “Goodbye to Tony Adler, the ...