Lew Kreinberg was a longtime Chicago activist and author who helped found the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and the Center for Neighborhood Technology.An outspoken champion of Chicago’s neighborhoods, Kreinberg took public stands against Chicago’s bid for the 1992 World’s Fair, the never-built Lake Calumet airport and Commonwealth Edison. “Lew cared about justice, and he… Continue reading Lew Kreinberg, longtime Chicago activist and author who helped found the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs – Chicago Tribune
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‘The Late Americans’ Author Brandon Taylor on Book Criticism
Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photos: Haolun Xu; Riverhead Books When Brandon Taylor’s newest book, The Late Americans, came out in May, it faced criticism for not reading more like his tweets. That critique drew its own criticism for not providing a fair basis for a book review. “It feels like what happens when we mistake our preoccupations… Continue reading ‘The Late Americans’ Author Brandon Taylor on Book Criticism
Blind Side Author Michael Lewis Denies Lawsuit Allegations
Photo: David Levenson/Getty Images Michael Lewis, who wrote The Blind Side as well as other book-to-film phenoms Moneyball and The Big Short, spoke to the Washington Post about the lawsuit filed against his former subjects. Michael Oher has alleged in his suit that the Tuohys never adopted him, instead putting him in a conservatorship. Oher… Continue reading Blind Side Author Michael Lewis Denies Lawsuit Allegations
Alice K. Ladas, Author of Landmark Book on Female Sexuality, Dies at 102
Alice Kahn Ladas, a psychologist and psychotherapist whose best-selling 1982 book, “The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality,” created a tipping point for female sensual autonomy by introducing ways for women to experience greater sexual pleasure, died on July 29 at her home in Santa Fe, N.M. She was 102. Her daughter… Continue reading Alice K. Ladas, Author of Landmark Book on Female Sexuality, Dies at 102
Cheri Pies, Author of “Considering Parenthood,” Dies at 73
Cheri Pies, a professor of public health who broke barriers with her landmark 1985 book, “Considering Parenthood: A Workbook for Lesbians,” a bible of the “gayby boom” of the 1980s and beyond, died on July 4 at her home in Berkeley, Calif. She was 73. The cause was cancer, said her wife, Melina Linder. Later… Continue reading Cheri Pies, Author of “Considering Parenthood,” Dies at 73