Christopher Borrelli
chicagotribune.com
Chicago, IL, United States
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As a professional romance novelist, she publishes books at a furious pace — it’s never enough
Kathy Lyons loves writing them, has published book after book — but the publishing world does not love her back. → Read More
They’re warm. They stink. And they last forever. Celebrating Mold-A-Rama at the MSI.
Since 1971, the Jones family’s Mold-A-Rama machines have pumped out 10 million souvenirs. → Read More
The 10 Best Books of 2022: A Mason-Dixon mission, ‘Rabbit Hutch’ and, oh yeah, Bob Dylan
In a particularly good year for books, we also include the graphic novel "Ducks," an examination of Sandy Hook and another 10 honorable mentions. → Read More
Books to give as gifts for the 2022 holidays. If the message you want to send is ...
Gifting a book is personal. Here are some very specific messages to send this holiday season, coupled with exactly the right books. → Read More
Just in time for Thanksgiving: The 12 stages of the Midwest Goodbye
When I mentioned the phrase to my wife, she had no idea what I was talking about, despite having grown up in Michigan. I suppose the fish is never aware of the water. → Read More
Ranking the Marvel 50: The bad, the good, ‘Wakanda Forever’ and the movie for people who think they hate superhero movies
Starting with "Iron Fist" in dead last, you are not free to debate my choices. I know you loved “Avengers: Infinity War” but it's stuck at 33. → Read More
In a Recent WWII Days Reenactment, Some Participants Played the Nazis. We Talked to Them About Why They Do It.
Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. Otherwise, how do you teach history? → Read More
The Chicago origin — and breakdown — of Jerry Saltz, the everyman’s art critic
Art critic Jerry Saltz's new collection, “Art Is Life," features essay titles like “Is There Great Art on Instagram?” → Read More
Now that’s scary: Horror books are having a new golden age in a time of ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ and all the new things that frighten us
New horror writers find their demons in racism, suppression and even Siri, and the genre is selling like crazy. But you know, Stephen King still casts a long shadow. → Read More
Big things are happening for author George Saunders. You could say that he tries not to notice.
He'll be at Chicago Humanities Festival this weekend talking to Peter Sagal, he won the Booker Prize, and his new book is “Liberation Day." But he says accolades "speak to the part of me that has impostor syndrome." → Read More
A grassroots project at DePaul publishes Chicago stories — the books are free for the asking and you might even be in one
"How Long Will I Cry?" was the first book by Big Shoulders Books. Its latest is “Virus City," about the pandemic and told through the eyes of ordinary Chicagoans. Studs Terkel would have been pleased. → Read More
Lizzo at the United Center was over-the-top good vibes. Over-the-top is her style.
She played four flute solos. Sure, why not? Lizzo is a bit much, and in this day of faux-earnest stars as brands, it’s refreshing. → Read More
The scariest town in Illinois does not exist. But you can visit in ‘Halloween Ends.’
Haddonfield, Illinois, of course is supposed to be a Midwestern hometown Everytown. Isn't that the old Myers house? → Read More
Adult Happy Meals at McDonald’s are pricy, shame-inducing boxes of nostalgia — with a creepy toy to boot
McDonald's debuted adult versions of its Happy Meals in collaboration with Cactus Plant Flea Market. Here's what one adult had to say. → Read More
Chicagoans’ old vacation and party films get their moment on the big screen: ‘I always cry at Home Movie Day’
Once a year, Chicago Film Archives gets its favorite home movies and invites anyone to show whatever 8 mm, Super 8 or 16 mm films they have. A free event. → Read More
Alex Ross, the legendary illustrator for Marvel and DC comics, has a new ‘Fantastic Four’ book out just as the Marvel universe takes a next big step. Coincidence?
Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory so I would like to offer a fresh one: Chicago comics artist Alex Ross is the actual architect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. → Read More
Swimply is like Airbnb for renting strangers’ backyard swimming pools. We tried it. Was it weird?
I wondered if, despite the generous hello and the $75-an-hour cost, I could feel anything approaching tranquillity, particularly while walking around a stranger’s backyard shirtless in swim trunks, in broad daylight. → Read More
Meet Paul Sereno, the Indiana Jones of paleontology. He’ll be sending dispatches from his work in the Sahara Desert in the coming weeks.
In 2006, while looking for new dinosaur species in Niger, Paul Sereno found an entire people, and their society, roughly 10,000 years old. → Read More
What are meteorologists thinking? They can tell us about the weather, but also worry about the climate emergency.
At a meteorology convention in Rosemont, a small but concerned group gathered to talk and worry about climate change, and how to get better at predicting the weather. → Read More
Books for fall 2022: Our 65 titles for the season, histories, thrillers and horror, fiction and non. Get reading.
The fall 2022 book season sees the return of Cormac McCarthy, a history of American music by Bob Dylan, and posthumous works by Katherine Dunn and Paul Newman. → Read More