Celebrate National Coming Out Day with these teen coming out books that came out in 2020!
Guest Blog: Journey Beyond Borders by Jian Ping
This season of One Book, One Chicago, we explore the theme Beyond Borders and the book Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. Throughout the season, we're sharing guest blo
High School Horror Stories
There are many events that can induce panic when in you're high school, like wearing a slaying dress for homecoming and seeing your 58-year-old principal wearing an identical replica. Or sinister evil that resides beyond a dreaded F on your geometry test. If you need a scare to drown out your own high school fears…
Jewish Movies for the Holidays
Growing up in a Jewish family, I learned that fall is the real holiday season, not December. From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur to Sukkot, there is no shortage of celebration and contemplation in the fall to usher in the new year and the harvest. Which is why in my family, we take time in…
Author A.K. Sandoval-Strausz: Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City
Author, professor and researcher A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, Director of Latina/o Studies at Penn State University, appeared as part of the 2020 One Book, One Chica
Pakistan: A Vibrant Heritage, Culture and People
As part of this year's One Book, One Chicago theme, here's a beyond our borders to Pakistan, a country of beautiful natural settings, historical landmarks and a diverse population. One of the Chicago Sister Cities International, Lahore, is a prominent center for the arts, film and literature, and also the home of Mohsin Hamid, author of…
Exploring History Through Chicago’s Earliest Cemeteries
Does lounging in a cemetery seem a bit morbid? It wasn’t always thought of that way. In the early 1800s, cemeteries were more akin to how we think of public parks.
Play with the Three Little Pigs
One of my favorite fables is the three little pigs. I love to think about all the other things besides sticks, stones and bricks that the pigs could have used to build their houses! Would spaghetti, play dough or books have been strong enough to stand up to the wolf's huffing and puffing? Books What…
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Learn More in Recent History, Memoir
In 1977, the United Nations International Conference on Discrimination against Indigenous Populations in the Americas asked to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day. In 1990, South Dakota became the first state to do so and in 1992, Berkeley, Calif., the first city. Since then, more states and cities have followed. Indigenous People in Chicago…
About Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, CPL’s 2020 One Book, One Chicago Selection
A New York Times bestseller, Exit West is an astonishingly visionary love story that imagines the forces that drive ordinary people from their homes into the un
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