Books

Chicago Tribune music writer extraordinaire Greg Kot is coming to Champaign for a book signing at Borders on Thursday. William and Cristy talked with him last Friday about his new book, Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music.

A recently released book explores the travels of millions of rural villagers to the factories of urban China, and the impact of this life across generations.

Prior to the author’s reading on Monday at the Illini Union Bookstore, Adam Scott reviews this award-winning collection of short fiction.

Roddy Doyle’s latest collection of short stories takes a look at an Ireland in transition from homogenous economic ghetto to prosperous melting pot.

A local group of aspiring romance novelists discuss the genre’s growth — “Today the woman doesn’t need the man; she chooses the man.” — and reveal that, like all writers, a little help from one’s peers can go a long way.

Naomi Klein, reputed writer and archenemy of neoliberalism, will be making several appearances in person and on the airwaves around Champaign-Urbana in the next couple of days. Tonight at 7:30 p.m., Klein — columnist for …

One of my favorite fiction writers, Haruki Murakami, recently released a memoir discussing his life in distance running called What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Alfred A. Knopf, 175 pp., $21). Murakami …

When I was 18, I brought my first real boyfriend home from Champaign for Easter weekend. I was thrilled — my parents a little less so. After I had gotten “D” settled on our pull-out …

This coming Sunday, authors Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank will be hosting a discussion of their new book, Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland, at the Illini Union Bookstore at …