As we celebrate National Poetry Month, we’re excited to highlight poet Aja Couchois Duncan, whose third book of poetry, The Intimacy Trials, was published with
In How to Read Hegel Now, philosopher Shannon Hoff offers a powerful exploration of how Hegel’s ideas about freedom can speak to social injustice today.
Few time periods have been as defined by waves of monumental social change as the United States during the 1960s. Even today, almost sixty years
Rachel Silveri’s new book, The Art of Living in Avant-Garde Paris, offers a fresh look at the artists of interwar Paris, who created an “art
What can or should we expect during the first year of school? How are children learning and growing during those hours spent away from their
In his latest book, Federico Marcon gives us wide-ranging history of the term “fascism,” what it has meant, and what it means today. Exploring the
Valentine’s Day can be both a beautiful and fraught time, with the pressures and expectations of grand passions and even grander gestures of roses, chocolate,
To honor Black History Month, we have curated a collection of works that highlight the lives of Black individuals and the history of African American
With her new book, Lives of the Imaginary Artists in Cold War California, Monica Steinberg takes us into the world of artists who concealed or
The winter solstice may be behind us, but the Chicago region is still gripped by wintry gloom. We’re brightening our day with a few images