The 24th annual Newberry Book Fair kicks off today at noon, featuring more than 100,000 donated books up for grabs and many available for less than $2. Located at The Newberry Library at 60 W. Walton St., the fair is open 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Get Your Book On At Printers Row
This weekend "the Midwest's largest literary event" will hit the South Loop, courtesy of the Trib and Chicago Public Library. The Printers Row Book Fair is bringing dozens of literary talents, including Scott Turow and Augusten Burroughs, downtown on June 7 and 8 for a weekend of discussion and conversation and gleeful book-selling in tents lining Columbia College's campus. And it's all free (though you need to obtain free tickets to gain access to some of the most popular speakers).
Lazarus and a Genius
Aleksandar Hemon moved from Sarajevo to Chicago in 1992, wrote his first story in English in 1995, and won a MacArthur “genius grant" in 2004. Not bad, right?
Last week Hemon released the fruit of his “genius grant," The Lazarus Project, a novel that jumps between the murder of a Jew in early 20th century Chicago and a Bosnian immigrant in modern-day Chicago investigating the victim. Hemon’s 2002 novel Nowhere Man and 2000 debut collection of stories, The Question of Bruno, also feature Chicago heavily. His style is a mix of careful description and epic narrative, channeling the desires and dreams of immigrants in America; he lives in Edgewater, one of the most diverse and immigrant friendly neighborhoods in the city.
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Between the Lines examines literary life in Chicago and the writers that have enriched the city's artistic tradition. Daily updates feature local literary news, event listings and event coverage, discourse on newly released books, and coverage of emerging Chicago writers. Conversations with Chicago-based writers and writers visiting Chicago are published in the form of a weekly audio podcast.
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