Topic: Carl Sandburg

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Chapter & Verse
12 days of disaster that changed Chicago forever

Author Gary Krist looks back at 1919 and the blimp crash, murder, and race riot that made the Chicago the metropolis we know today.
Chapter & Verse
Presidents Day: our best presidents are as close as the nearest biography

With biographies like Carl Sandburg's 'Lincoln,' Americans can learn about past presidents on any day of the year.
Chapter & Verse
Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns,” on "the biggest underreported story of the 20th century"

Why did 6 million US blacks leave their homes? Author Isabel Wilkerson talks about "the Great Migration" and how it reshaped the US.
The Vote
Could Rahm Emanuel fit in as Chicago mayor? Obama thinks so.

Brash White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has much in common with outgoing Mayor Richard M. Daley – but not everyone is sold on his candidacy.
Classic review: Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four

Sports author John Feinstein offers a primer on March Madness and the drama surrounding the NCAA basketball tournament.
John Morris: An eye-witness to the rise of photojournalism

As a life-long photo editor, John Morris shepherded some of the 20th century's most iconic images and most well-regarded photographers.
We should share Lincoln's love for poetry

It isn’t just a decorative cultural fixture. It’s a wellspring of revelation.
Following the footsteps of Flannery O'Connor

On this vacation, he and his wife are visiting the stomping grounds of great writers.
Poetry that makes my world shift

Some poems seem inaccessible. But when one resonates, it changes our perceptions.