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At Home with André and Simone Weil

At Home with André and Simone Weil

by Sylvie Weil

Translated by Benjamin Ivry

In this illuminating memoir, Sylvie Weil reflects on her famed philosopher aunt Simone and mathematician father André, using family correspondence and conversations to paint the most intimate portrait of Simone Weil in print.

Binga

Binga

Second to None: Chicago Stories

by Don Hayner

Penned by a former editor in chief of the Chicago Sun-Times, Binga is the definitive biography of the first black banker in Chicago as well as a history of race, politics, and finance in early twentieth-century Chicago.

Straddling Worlds

Straddling Worlds

by Steven J Harper

Author Steven J. Harper pays tribute to a well-respected teacher with this biography of a distinguished William Smith Mason Professor of History at Northwestern University, Richard W. Leopold....

Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground

by Timuel D. Black

Edited by Bart Schultz

With Susan Klonsky

Sacred Ground is the personal memoir of famed Chicago historian Timuel Black, whose life and times from 1919 to the present capture pivotal moments in Chicago history as well as the civil rights movement in Chicago and nationally.
 

South Side Venus

South Side Venus

by Mary Ann Cain

Foreword by Haki R. Madhubuti

South Side Venus is the first biography of legendary Chicago artist and writer Margaret T. Burroughs, cofounder of the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) and the DuSable Museum of African American History.

The Breakaway

The Breakaway

Second to None: Chicago Stories

by Bryan Smith

Penned by award-winning Chicago journalist Bryan Smith, The Breakaway tells the remarkable story of how Rocky Wirtz, scion of a Chicago business and sports dynasty, defied his family and skeptics to take the Chicago Blackhawks from “worst to first.”
 

Franz Kafka, the Eternal Son

Franz Kafka, the Eternal Son

by Peter-André Alt

Translated by Kristine Thorsen

Franz Kafka, the Eternal Son: A Biography is an exhaustive literary biography of one of the twentieth century’s most iconic and admired writers. The book expertly traces the connections between Kafka’s life and surroundings and his literary output.

Lionel Trilling and the Fate of Cultural Criticism

Lionel Trilling and the Fate of Cultural Criticism

by Mark Krupnick

Lionel Trilling was one of the twentieth century's most widely read and influential American literary critics. Mark Krupnick traces Trilling’s career from the 1920s through the 1970s, following...

Hidden Tapestry

Hidden Tapestry

by Debra Dean

In Hidden Tapestry, best-selling author Debra Dean reveals the astonishing untold story of artist Jan Yoors: traveling with a Roma family, fighting with the French Resistance, and living as a polyamorous bohemian in midcentury New York City.

Present Past

Present Past

by Ava Kadishson Schieber

Foreword by Danny M. Cohen

Schieber’s Present Past, like her previous Soundless Roar, is a multi-genre collection.  Made up of drawings, poems, and stories, this manuscript confronts the reader with radically different responses to and representations of her rich life. 

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