chris borrelli

Chicago Tribune features writer. Militant Rhode Islander. Northwestern/Harvard/Syracuse. Nieman fellow. DM for tips here. email: [email protected]

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As Christopher Nolan’s movie arrives in movie theaters, we spoke with a classics expert about the right way to read Homer’s book. Rule No. 1: Don’t read it because you’re told to. https://t.co/riPE5HsjfG

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The Obama Center’s A-list opening, or, The art of having famous friends https://t.co/Vz5sjYUIxc

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Director John Hughes never said flatly that Ed McNally was the basis for the Ferris Bueller character, but McNally believes he was at least a major component in a thinly-veiled composite, and frankly, the evidence is compelling. https://t.co/Xcm6KyFe14

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Ed McNally, a former classmate of filmmaker John Hughes, is now an attorney. And he helped us litigate a case against “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” https://t.co/PA9AECDGPH

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Column: For ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’s’ 40th anniversary, we found the real Ferris Bueller https://t.co/RBQga5yeaG

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Learning the lingo behind all the different fan cultures can feel overwhelming at the annual comic expo. But as a dungeon master explained to the Tribune's Christopher Borrelli, “Once you learn the language, you’re a part of something.” https://t.co/bl2IxuyJfH

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Our annual summer book package - w/ @gemmacorrell @matthaig1 @rebeaird @paulGtremblay @NathanielRich @colsonwhitehead @ytashawomack @IsaacFitzgerald

And more more more

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Our annual summer book package - w/ @gemmacorrell @matthaig1 @rebeaird @paulGtremblay @NathanielRich @colsonwhitehead @ytashawomack @IsaacFitzgerald

And more more more

https://t.co/OfzQj566Kv

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Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months https://t.co/ckyREcVrhz

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What are you looking for in your summer reading? Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good? Read on. https://t.co/qGTGGUDN4q

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The author, who lives in Wheaton, has a new challenge now that “Remarkably Bright Creatures” is a Netflix movie starring Sally Field: Escaping its popularity long enough to write a second novel. https://t.co/CLTACDry3n

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Shelby Van Pelt wrote the octopus book ‘Bright Creatures,’ and it keeps pulling her back https://t.co/1XEV1mHQw7

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Shelby Van Pelt wrote the octopus book ‘Bright Creatures,’ and it keeps pulling her back https://t.co/rN5J1rwUmR

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My piece on Zayd Ayers Dohrn and the moral blind spots of his parents (leaders of the Weather Underground) https://t.co/8LIDDJRme0

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“Dangerous, Dirty, Violent & Young” is Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s remarkable memoir confronting his parents, Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground. https://t.co/bkv01tIzBQ

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My piece on Zayd Ayers Dohrn and the moral blind spots of his parents (leaders of the Weather Underground) https://t.co/8LIDDJRme0

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Whatever happened to the revolution? Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s new memoir confronts his notorious Chicago parents. https://t.co/CrjIyEgH4t

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If you’re like me, you’re K-pop curious. You know what K-pop is and you’ve heard some K-pop but you’re still uncertain if you like K-pop because you’re old and haven’t cared about the Top 40 since that time you taped Men at Work… https://t.co/XRno7AoVZ2

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Review: There is an undeniable winding down to Bob Dylan’s performances these days, not genuine decline — he’s made some of his most interesting music in the past 30 years — but more like an ongoing reckoning with legacy and age. https://t.co/fIKrd6XQ5i