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Biblioracle: ‘The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History’ is the perfect gift book chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…

Biblioracle: ‘The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History’ is the perfect gift book

The book sits on an intriguing question and premise: What does it mean that dogs have essentially always been present in the art created by humans? What is going on behind that dog’s gaze?

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Biblioracle: ‘The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History’ is the perfect gift book chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…

Biblioracle: ‘The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History’ is the perfect gift book

The book sits on an intriguing question and premise: What does it mean that dogs have essentially always been present in the art created by humans? What is going on behind that dog’s gaze?

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Biblioracle: ‘The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History’ is the perfect gift book chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…

Biblioracle: ‘The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History’ is the perfect gift book

The book sits on an intriguing question and premise: What does it mean that dogs have essentially always been present in the art created by humans? What is going on behind that dog’s gaze?

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Biblioracle: ‘The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History’ is the perfect gift book chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…

Biblioracle: ‘The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History’ is the perfect gift book

The book sits on an intriguing question and premise: What does it mean that dogs have essentially always been present in the art created by humans? What is going on behind that dog’s gaze?

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Shelby Van Pelt wrote the octopus book ‘Bright Creatures,’ and it keeps pulling her back chicagotribune.com/2026/05/0…

Shelby Van Pelt wrote the octopus book ‘Bright Creatures,’ and it keeps pulling her back

The author, who lives in Wheaton, has a new challenge now that “Remarkably Bright Creatures” is a Netflix movie starring Sally Field: Escaping its popularity long enough to write a second novel.

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What are you looking for in your summer reading? Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good? Read on. chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months

What are you looking for in your summer reading? Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good? Read on.

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Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months

What are you looking for in your summer reading? Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good? Read on.

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Our annual summer book package - w/ @gemmacorrell @matthaig1 @rebeaird @paulGtremblay @NathanielRich @colsonwhitehead @ytashawomack @IsaacFitzgerald And more more more chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months

What are you looking for in your summer reading? Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good? Read on.

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Biblioracle: ‘Wifehouse’ by Sonya Walger is sure to be one of my favorite reads of 2026 chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Biblioracle: ‘Wifehouse’ by Sonya Walger is sure to be one of my favorite reads of 2026

In “Wifehouse,” Sonya Walger’s prose is lyrical and evocative, an accrual of fine-grained observations that bring life to the page.

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Biblioracle: ‘Wifehouse’ by Sonya Walger is sure to be one of my favorite reads of 2026 chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Biblioracle: ‘Wifehouse’ by Sonya Walger is sure to be one of my favorite reads of 2026

In “Wifehouse,” Sonya Walger’s prose is lyrical and evocative, an accrual of fine-grained observations that bring life to the page.

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Biblioracle: ‘Wifehouse’ by Sonya Walger is sure to be one of my favorite reads of 2026 chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Biblioracle: ‘Wifehouse’ by Sonya Walger is sure to be one of my favorite reads of 2026

In “Wifehouse,” Sonya Walger’s prose is lyrical and evocative, an accrual of fine-grained observations that bring life to the page.

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Biblioracle: ‘Wifehouse’ by Sonya Walger is sure to be one of my favorite reads of 2026 chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Biblioracle: ‘Wifehouse’ by Sonya Walger is sure to be one of my favorite reads of 2026

In “Wifehouse,” Sonya Walger’s prose is lyrical and evocative, an accrual of fine-grained observations that bring life to the page.

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Looking for a book for America 250? Here’s what historians are reading. chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Looking for a book for America 250? Here’s what historians are reading.

From “Why Fish Don’t Exist” to “Beloved,” here are the books that Chicago’s experts recommend the most highly for the nation’s semiquincentennial, and why.

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Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months

What are you looking for in your summer reading? Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good? Read on.

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Looking for a book for America 250? Here’s what historians are reading. chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Looking for a book for America 250? Here’s what historians are reading.

From “Why Fish Don’t Exist” to “Beloved,” here are the books that Chicago’s experts recommend the most highly for the nation’s semiquincentennial, and why.

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Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months

What are you looking for in your summer reading? Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good? Read on.

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Looking for a book for America 250? Here’s what historians are reading. chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Looking for a book for America 250? Here’s what historians are reading.

From “Why Fish Don’t Exist” to “Beloved,” here are the books that Chicago’s experts recommend the most highly for the nation’s semiquincentennial, and why.

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Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months

What are you looking for in your summer reading? Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good? Read on.

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Looking for a book for America 250? Here’s what historians are reading chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Looking for a book for America 250? Here’s what historians are reading.

From “Why Fish Don’t Exist” to “Beloved,” here are the books that Chicago’s experts recommend the most highly for the nation’s semiquincentennial, and why.

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Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…

Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months

What are you looking for in your summer reading? Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good? Read on.

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