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Other Reading
What do you like to read besides books?
— Alice Maggio / Comments (6)
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What do you like to read besides books?
— Alice Maggio / Comments (6)
I read The Economist on my commute.
I also read "The Economist." It's the only news magazine I ever look at anymore.
I hate, but feel obligated to read, both The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun Times. I always read the Chicago Reader, including the cover story, "Straight Dope," Miner's column, Rosenbaum's long review, "City Works," and the letters to the editor. I occasionally look to the Wall Street Journal (I love the front-page rundown of news) and the New York Times.
Blogs I read regularly include (obviously) Gapers Block and the Tattler. I can't stand Chicagoist anymore -- blech. I also look to "Windy City Cop" when I want to get angry or want to see one cop's perspective on the world. TheCaptialFaxBlog.com gives me a lot of gossip and a little dollop of substantive politics.
My regular film blog reading includes Emerson's "Scanners," "Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule," and "Filmspotting," though that is mostly to get to their podcast.
ESPN.com and TheSportingNews.com ususally give me my daily baseball fix.
I don't read much poetry but have listened to some poetry podcasts -- does that count for something?
Though technically in book form, I think that cookbooks should count as something other than a proper book. I find Alton Brown's "I'm Just Here for the Food" to be informative.
The past two weeks at work haven't been as relentless as the previous few months, so I went to the Art Institute and read all of the information about/saw the pictures of the Jeff Wall exhibit. I highly recommend it.
Since I've been trying to eat better, I am reading food labels like never before.
oops -- pardon the typos.
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As a graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago, author Sudhir Venkatesh gained entrance into one of Chicago's largest street gangs. Gang Leader for a Day tells the story of the inner workings of the gang and the extraordinary friendship he developed with one of the gang's leaders.
Join us at The Book Cellar at 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave. (map) to discuss the book. We'll meet on Monday, April 12, at 7:30pm. New members are always welcome!

April 12
Gang Leader for a Day
by Sudhir Venkatesh
May 10
The Order of Odd-Fish
by James Kennedy
June 14
Jimmy Corrigan
by Chris Ware
July 12
The Wild Things
by Dave Eggers
August 9
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
September 13
Young Lonigan
by James T. Farrell
October 11
Chicago: A Novel
by Alaa Al Aswany
November 8
The Cradle
by Patrick Somerville

March 8
Red Azalea
by Anchee Min
February 8
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
January 11
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
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Mon Mar 22 2010
Comic Book Academia @ Challengers Comics
C / July 27, 2007 1:11 PM
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