Has this season of One Book, One Chicago and the 2022 theme of Freedom to Read got your creativity flowing? Perhaps you're thinking about celebrating your freedom to share, write, draw and create your own story, just like Art Spiegelman did in Maus. Here are some books that can help spark your creativity as you…
Snacks in the Stacks: Bone-In Grilled Pork Chop Sandwiches
Join library staff member Peter in his home kitchen as he makes Bone-In Grilled Pork Chop Sandwiches! Each episode, we make dishes from cookbooks that you can find in the Chicago Public Library collection. This month's recipe, Bone-In Grilled Pork Chop Sandwiches, is from the cookbook Matty Matheson by Matty Matheson. …
Listen While You Read CHIRP Radio Playlist
Thanks to our partners at CHIRP Radio 107.1FM for creating a Spotify playlist of songs inspired by our theme, Freedom to Read, and the book Maus.
About Art Spiegelman, Author of Maus
Art Spiegelman is one of the world’s most admired and beloved comic artists, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust narrative, Maus. Born in Stockholm in 1948, Spiegelman began studying cartooning in high school and drawing professionally at age sixteen. He studied art and philosophy at Harpur College before joining the underground comics movement in…
About Maus by Art Spiegelman
CPL is pleased to announce that Maus is the 2022 One Book, One Chicago selection. A brutally moving work of art, widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written, Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is…
5 Books We Dare You to Read
It takes a special book to be chosen as a One Book, One Chicago selection, and through the years, we’ve read some extraordinary stories together as a city. It might surprise you to know that not everyone thinks all of our past One Book, One Chicago titles are as special as we do. In fact, several…
Snacks in the Stacks: Panang Chicken Curry
Join library staff member Peter in his home kitchen as he makes Panang Chicken Curry! Each episode, we make dishes from cookbooks that you can find in the Chicago Public Library collection. This month's recipe, Panang Chicken Curry, is from101 Asian Dishes You Need to Cook Before You Die by Jet Tila…
Snacks in the Stacks: Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls
Join library staff member Megan in her home kitchen as she makes Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls! Each episode, we make dishes from cookbooks that you can find in the Chicago Public Library collection. This month's recipe, Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls, is from My America: Recipes From A Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi…
Snacks In The Stacks: Tomato Basil Cavatelli Skillet
Join library staff member Chloe in her home kitchen as she makes Tomato Basil Cavatelli Skillet! Each episode, we make dishes from cookbooks that you can find in the Chicago Public Library collection. This month's recipe, Tomato Basil Cavatelli Skillet, is from Better Homes & Gardens Wonder Pot…
Snacks in the Stacks: Cubano Sandwich
Join library staff member Peter in his home kitchen as he makes Cuban Sandwiches! Each episode, we make dishes from cookbooks that you can find in the Chicago Public Library collection. This month's recipe, Cubano Sandwich, is from An Unapologetic Cookbook by Joshua Weissman…
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