Printers Row Journal
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Top storiesAs 2013 winds to a close, we thought we'd take one more look back at the year's literary highlights. We asked Printers Row Journal contributors to write about a book they read this year that will linger in their minds well into 2014. Here's what they had to say. Reviews: 'Fourth and Long' by John U. Bacon, 'The System' by Benedict and KeteyianTwo new volumes throw the penalty flag on the troubled and troubling state of college football. Dylan Thomas' spirit still lingers in SwanseaDylan Thomas, the Welsh poet, playwright and man of letters, is being remembered during a yearlong series of events leading to the centennial celebration of his birth. |
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Fiction reviews
A teenage paparazzo's 'Dog Dance' with pop culture
It was Bob Dylan who transformed Brad Elterman into a teenage paparazzo. That was in 1974, when the folk-rocker was set to headline the Fabulous Forum and Elterman was a Sherman Oaks high school kid who scored a ticket, front row center. He realized: "I better bring a camera."
Nonfiction reviews
'Newtown' offers a confusing portrait of Adam Lanza and his crime
Adam Lanza was, by all accounts, a strange child.
Children's Read & Write Program
Children's Read and Write Program
Every summer, Printers Row Journal invites kids ages 5-16 to submit reviews of their favorite summer reads. Here's what young writers had to say last summer.
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Nelson Algren Short Story Contest
Announcing the 2014 Nelson Algren Short Story Contest
The Chicago Tribune invites writers to enter short stories in our annual Nelson Algren Short Story Contest.
