Read Your Way Around Chicago

Read Your Way Around Chicago

Chicago is a city of bookish abundance, home to countless literary giants past and present. The author Rebecca Makkai recommends works that capture its spirit.
The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know

The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know

A guide to some of the undervalued 20th-century works that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive.
The Most Memorable Fictional Dinner Parties to Inspire Your Own

The Most Memorable Fictional Dinner Parties to Inspire Your Own

Things to emulate — or avoid: 24 gatherings in films, plays and books, from an enviably bizarre dog-friendly meal to a nightmarish food fight.