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The master of horror — and winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for “Angel Down” — will be interviewed by Susan Orlean at the American Writers Festival on June 7.

The Uptown center, which holds public poetry readings and runs educational programs across Chicago schools, is among 40 groups sharing $7.7 million.

Fifteen of them — now 16, with the Obama Presidential Center — are scattered across the United States, each with a story to tell. But you might have to dig to find the unvarnished truth.

Eat, drink and yell at the televisions at these spots around the city where soccer tribes gather.

Willems will be in Chicago later this year to accept the Chicago Public Library Foundation's Carl Sandburg Literary Award.

The nation's unrivaled purveyor of political satire says it will direct a “significant share” of merchandise sales to Sandy Hook families in perpetuity.

The superyacht has attracted dozen of selfie-snapping visitors who wondered what it was doing outside of Navy Pier. Justin Myers/Sun-Times

I may have finally won a battle in the war for my children's attention. Every child needs a dog.

For one, don't leap off the side of the boat when you're drunk. When you're a guest on board a superyacht, it's okay to be difficult — you

When you’re a guest on board a superyacht, it’s okay to be difficult — you or a dear friend is paying for the privilege — but please don’t tell the chef wo