Chicagoan Tram Nguyen and her best friend Lucy Madison — authors of food blog Pen & Palate — look back at their 20s as a decade of twists and turns. But the pals found at least two constants ...

Two years ago, the Chicago History Museum embarked on a first: a crowdsourcing project to generate ideas for and vote — March Madness-bracket style ... Exploring how authors have shaped ...

Introduced by a rendition of the song “Chicago,” two of the city’s most ... of the South Side youths. The authors answered questions about writing style, methods of taking notes and the ...

Chicago-area amateur writers pitched ideas to the pros, American Idol-style. The judges are nicer ... looked like any other author appearance. The author David Henry Sterry sat before a small ...