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Uncharted Books Promotes Literacy in Community

Logan Square's Uncharted Books has been engaging the community through literary and comedic events since January 2012.

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Lit 50: Who Really Books in Chicago

Photo: Joe Mazza/BraveLux When we began work on the 2012 version of Lit 50, there were some 200 published writers on our long list. This year, there were 437.

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Printers Row Lit Fest celebrates 30th birthday

What a difference three decades make. The first Printers Row book fair, in 1985, featured about 40 booksellers and attracted a reported 6,500 attendees to what once had been a somewhat dicey neighborhood. Considering the crowds in recent years, the 2014 P