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‘Homeschooled’ recalls a formidable mother and a vexed education

By Becca Rothfeld
Jan 05, 2026 1:01 pm - When the novelist Stefan Merrill Block moved from Indianapolis to Plano, Texas, at age 8, he struggled to fit in. “I try to call it ‘home,’” he recalls in his absorbing new memoir, “Homeschooled,” but “the word feels pasted on with a glue stick.” From fourth through eighth grade, Block was a victim of a 1987 Texas court ruling that legalized home schooling.
Daytime star Susan Lucci appearing in Naperville Feb. 9

By Alicia Fabbre
Dec 31, 2025 12:01 pm - The queen of daytime television will be in Naperville in February to promote her new memoir, “La Lucci.” Anderson’s Bookshop will host a Q&A with the Emmy-award winning actress best known for her role as Erica Kane on “All My Children.”
A pop-culture skeptic on the 21st-century works that really matter

By Jacob Brogan
Dec 30, 2025 9:23 am - In his new book, “Blank Space” — one of Book World’s 50 notable nonfiction books of 2025 — the critic and historian W. David Marx argues that the last quarter-century has...
Artists, writers living in Dist. 214 invited to enter Arts Unlimited contest

Submitted by District 214
Dec 29, 2025 11:00 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 has announced its call for submissions to the annual Daily Herald and District 214 Arts Unlimited Art and Writing Contest. Submissions will be accepted through Feb. 13, 2026.
Please don’t call fangirls silly. They have more power than you think.

By Sibbie O'Sullivan
Dec 19, 2025 12:24 pm - Superfans, in particular fangirls, are nothing new. Think of the photographs of young women screaming and fainting at the sight of the Beatles or Elvis. In her exuberant historical romp, “Swoon,” Bea Martinez-Gatell goes back even further, to the overheated admirers of the attractively unavailable Lord Byron.
How Christmas traditions help spark holiday spirit

By Dave Heun
Dec 17, 2025 12:39 pm - It has seemed a little tougher to muster up the holiday spirit this year. Reflecting on Christmas traditions and seasonal events may help to get us in the right frame of mind.
Palatine grandfather publishes children’s book

Daily Herald report
Dec 17, 2025 11:48 am - Longtime Palatine resident Bill Pohlman has completed his new children’s book, “The Fox in the Yard,” inspired by the stories he used to tell his daughter at bedtime.
Book by Daily Herald’s Jim Slusher wins Chicago Writers Association award

By Lisa Miner
Dec 17, 2025 11:03 am - The Chicago Writers Association Wednesday named Jim Slusher’s collection of Daily Herald columns, “To Nudge the World,” as the Indie Nonfiction Book of the Year for 2025.
MCC’s VOICES magazine shines with regional, national literary honors

By Katie Van Dyne, McHenry County College
Dec 16, 2025 12:47 pm - McHenry County College's literary arts magazine VOICES 2025 won first place for Best Magazine – Central Division and second place for Best Magazine nationally from the Community College Humanities Association.
Highland Park author releases first graphic novel in long-term ‘Ultimate Oz Universe’ project

By Ryan Cole
Dec 13, 2025 3:14 pm - An author based in Highland Park is working on a 10-book graphic novel series based on the Oz universe. Elton John wrote the forward.

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