Books

Prior to the author’s reading on Monday at the Illini Union Bookstore, Adam Scott reviews this award-winning collection of short fiction.

Roddy Doyle’s latest collection of short stories takes a look at an Ireland in transition from homogenous economic ghetto to prosperous melting pot.

A local group of aspiring romance novelists discuss the genre’s growth — “Today the woman doesn’t need the man; she chooses the man.” — and reveal that, like all writers, a little help from one’s peers can go a long way.

Naomi Klein, reputed writer and archenemy of neoliberalism, will be making several appearances in person and on the airwaves around Champaign-Urbana in the next couple of days. Tonight at 7:30 p.m., Klein — columnist for …

One of my favorite fiction writers, Haruki Murakami, recently released a memoir discussing his life in distance running called What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Alfred A. Knopf, 175 pp., $21). Murakami …

When I was 18, I brought my first real boyfriend home from Champaign for Easter weekend. I was thrilled — my parents a little less so. After I had gotten “D” settled on our pull-out …

This coming Sunday, authors Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank will be hosting a discussion of their new book, Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland, at the Illini Union Bookstore at …

I am always a little skeptical of the self-help genre. I don’t say this from a place of smugness (trust me — I’m not above receiving help) but just from the sheer fact that it …

What do you do when the life you had planned falls to pieces? What do you do when the life you had always wanted — a spouse, a child, a home, a successful career — …