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Lauren Jackson, assistant professor of English at Northwestern University and author of White Negroes, talked about cultural appropriation and its costs. This event was part of the Printers …

Sebastian Junger talked about his book, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging. He spoke at Jones College Prep High School at the 2016 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest.

Professor Geoffrey Stone talked about his book, Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America’s Origins to the Twenty-First Century. This event was part of the Chicago Tribun…

Mark Kurlansky talked about his book, Paper: Paging Through History. He spoke at Jones College Prep High School at the 2016 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest.

Jonathan Eig talked about his book, The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution. He spoke with Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich. “Jonathan Eig…

David Axelrod, author of Believer: My Forty Years in Politics, and Clarence Page, author of Culture Worrier: Selected Columns 1984-2014: Reflections on Race, Politics and Social Change, talk…

Julene Bair, author of The Ogallala Road: A Memoir of Love and Reckoning, and David Giffels, author of The Hard Way on Purpose: Essays and Dispatches from the Rust Belt, talked about their b…

Paul Buhle talked about his book, Bohemians: A Graphic History, which he co-edited with David Berger. He spoke with author Rick Perlstein. This event took place in the north auditorium of…

Carlin Romano, author of “America the Philosophical,” in conversation with Chicago Tribune cultural critic Julia Keller. He responded to questions from members of the audience. This was an e…

Eric Posner talked about his life, work, and career. He is the Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mai…

Robert Elder talked about his book, Last Words of the Executed (University of Chicago Press, 2010), in conversation with Adam Cohen. He also responded to questions from members of the audien…

Authors talked about their books and how technology and marketing effect the young generation. They also responded to questions from members of the audience. Eric Zorn moderated the discussi…