Chicago Humanities Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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You Can't Be Serious
Kal PennChicago Humanities👀💕 #FestivalFriends 📘YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS by @kalpenn 🧶HOOKED by Sutton Foster https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/1052746065/fall-is-filled-with-celebrity-memoirs-read-tales-from-stage-and-screen
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
Rainn WilsonChicago HumanitiesChicago Humanities is thrilled to welcome comedian, writer, & actor @rainnwilson on 4/21! Rainn will be chatting about his new book, SOUL BOOM, as well as taking selfies with everyone after the great convo 🤳 🎟️ Grab tickets before they're gone: https://t.co/LaRLJaRweV https://t.co/3WDiBYkRVz
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Smile: The Story of a Face
Sarah RuhlChicago Humanities"A writer does not need to smile – on the page, words can do the smiling." - beautiful review of #FestivalFriend Sarah Ruhl's 📘SMILE in @guardian https://t.co/UbapuH15ni
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Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance
John WatersChicago Humanities"Why not try to write your first novel in your mid-70s? I want to keep trying new things. Dare yourself." —John Waters Dare yourself to come see the legendary John Waters THIS Saturday at CHF, & get your copy of LIARMOUTH signed while you're at it. 🎟️: https://t.co/T9eZMHxxNE https://t.co/dliVG1So5R
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Liberation Day: Stories
George SaundersChicago HumanitiesAward-winning author George Saunders returns to CHF on 10/29 for a convo with @petersagal about his latest collection LIBERATION DAY, featuring timely short stories that help us make sense of our era through fiction. 🎟️: https://t.co/FrQPrCCxBC https://t.co/DzLvDTRKe6
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Homeland Elegies
Ayad AkhtarChicago HumanitiesTune in to hear acclaimed author @ayadakhtar on his new book Homeland Elegies, a powerful genre-bending meditation on the American dream ⬇️⬇️ #CHF2020 #CHFAkhtar https://youtu.be/qZ6xqkMz2DY
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England: 2
Frederick Law OlmstedChicago HumanitiesTODAY 2 PM CT! Hugh Howard discusses the reimagined public & private spaces of America through the lenses of architect Henry Hobson Richardson & landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted at @thisisUIC! Tickets available: https://t.co/whxMNwqsZo
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The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life
Kyle BeachyChicago HumanitiesWe've got book recs for you by Chicago authors! 📙Three Girls from Bronzeville by @dawnturnertrice 📗The Most Fun Thing by @kylebeachy ✨Plus, Turner & Beachy will be at CHF this weekend to talk about their books! Tix & info at: http://atchf.org/turner & http://atchf.org/beachy https://t.co/4c4t8GfYy3
Hardcover, 2021
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef: A Cookbook
Kwame OnwuachiChicago HumanitiesSo excited for @ChefKwame to bring even more flavor to Chicago on May 7 🍽️ @77flavorschi will be joining Onwuachi to talk all about his new book MY AMERICA: RECIPES FROM A YOUNG BLACK CHEF as part of CHF's spring fest! Grab tix: https://t.co/d3GpL3YDht https://t.co/bLdkO4DkZV
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
Yascha MounkChicago HumanitiesWe can't wait to host @Yascha_Mounk this May—grab a copy of The Great Experiment now (or at our event on 5/7)! Tickets: https://t.co/oWGa2v3Ofa https://t.co/imlEzuteg6
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book