Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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Friday, April 26
One Book, One Chicago has just announced its Fall 2010 selection: Toni Morrison's 2008 novel about early American slavery, A Mercy. For upwards of $1,000 per ticket, watch the author in conversation with Oprah Winfrey.