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Unsolaced: Along the Way to All That Is

Gretel Ehrlich

Award-winning writer, poet, and essayist

Howard Norman

Writer and educator

Feb 4 2021

Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis

Ada Calhoun

Journalist and author

Deborah Siegel-Acevedo, Ph.D.

Author and Founder of the Bold Voice Collaborative

Feb 1 2021

Craft: An American History

Glenn Adamson

Craft historian and curator

Norman Teague

Founder, Norman Teague Design Studio

Jan 27 2021

The Price You Pay for College

Ron Lieber

"Your Money" Columnist for The New York Times

Lauren Rivera, Ph.D.

Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Jan 26 2021

Concrete Rose: A Conversation with Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas

Award-winning author

Marcus Campbell, Ed.D.

Superintendent, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL

Dion Graham

Actor and narrator

Jan 21 2021

The Marriage of Words and Pictures

Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

Award-winning bestselling author of numerous books for children and young adults

Jerry Pinkney

Award-winning children's book illustrator

Jan 19 2021

Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

Christie Tate

Writer, essayist, and New York Times bestselling author

Heidi Stevens

Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health

Jan 14 2021

Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal

Melissa Korn

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Jennifer Levitz

National reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Ashby Jones

Deputy chief of U.S. news, The Wall Street Journal

Jan 12 2021

The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart

Alicia Garza

Principal at Black Futures Lab and author of "The Purpose of Power"

Liz Dozier

Founder and CEO, Chicago Beyond

Dec 14 2020

Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions

Jeff Selingo

Journalist and New York Times bestselling author

Melissa Korn

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Dec 9 2020