Chicago Tribune features writer. Militant Rhode Islander. Northwestern/Harvard/Syracuse. Nieman fellow. DM for tips here. email: cborrelli@chicagotribune.com
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Ed McNally, a former classmate of filmmaker John Hughes, is now an attorney. And he helped us litigate a case against “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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Column: For ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’s’ 40th anniversary, we found the real Ferris Bueller chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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Learning the lingo behind all the different fan cultures can feel overwhelming at the annual comic expo. But as a dungeon master explained to the Tribune's Christopher Borrelli, “Once you learn the language, you’re a part of something.” chicagotribune.com/2026/03/3…
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Our annual summer book package - w/ @gemmacorrell @matthaig1 @rebeaird @paulGtremblay @NathanielRich @colsonwhitehead @ytashawomack @IsaacFitzgerald
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Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…
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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…
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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. chicagotribune.com/2026/05/0…
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Shelby Van Pelt wrote the octopus book ‘Bright Creatures,’ and it keeps pulling her back chicagotribune.com/2026/05/0…
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Shelby Van Pelt wrote the octopus book ‘Bright Creatures,’ and it keeps pulling her back chicagotribune.com/2026/05/0…
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Apr 24
My piece on Zayd Ayers Dohrn and the moral blind spots of his parents (leaders of the Weather Underground) chicagotribune.com/2026/04/2…
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“Dangerous, Dirty, Violent & Young” is Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s remarkable memoir confronting his parents, Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground. chicagotribune.com/2026/04/2…
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Whatever happened to the revolution? Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s new memoir confronts his notorious Chicago parents. chicagotribune.com/2026/04/2…
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If you’re like me, you’re K-pop curious. You know what K-pop is and you’ve heard some K-pop but you’re still uncertain if you like K-pop because you’re old and haven’t cared about the Top 40 since that time you taped Men at Work… chicagotribune.com/2026/04/0…
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Review: There is an undeniable winding down to Bob Dylan’s performances these days, not genuine decline — he’s made some of his most interesting music in the past 30 years — but more like an ongoing reckoning with legacy and age. chicagotribune.com/2026/03/3…
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The artists of TWICE are unpretentious, pleasant, harmless and are prone to unexpected bursts of infectious energy. chicagotribune.com/2026/04/0…
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Do you speak geek? Translating the many languages of C2E2. chicagotribune.com/2026/03/3…
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Bob Dylan turns 85 this spring, just before Memorial Day. I went to see him Monday night in Waukegan, at the Genesee Theatre, itself approaching 100 years next winter. Nobody’s getting younger. Everyone’s retracing their steps. Dylan, being… chicagotribune.com/2026/03/3…
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