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Check out the current or past selections from our One Book, One Chicago program in audio formats.
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Our 2016-2017 #OBOC author Barbara Kingsolver offers today's #MondayMotivation!
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Today's #MondayMotivation is about being brave, and comes to us from Julia Alvarez, author of our Fall 2004 #OBOC, In the Time of the Butterflies
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Today's #WednesdayWisdom is just in time for our celebration of America, and comes to us from Willa Cather, author of My Antonia, our Fall 2002 #OBOC pick.
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Today's #WednesdayWisdom is from Lorraine Hansberry, author of our Spring 2003 #OBOC pick, A Raisin in the Sun.
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Happy Birthday Markus Zusak, wrote wrote our Fall 2012 #OBOC pick, The Book Thief.
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Today's #WednesdayWisdom comes from our 2014-2015 #OBOC pick, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. Happy summer everyone!
onebookonechicago on Twitter: "Today's #MondayMotivaton is from…"
Today's #MondayMotivaton is from Toni Morrison, author of our Fall 2010 #OBOC pick, A Mercy.
onebookonechicago on Twitter: "Happy Birthday Saul Bellow, providing…"
Happy Birthday Saul Bellow, providing some #MondayMotivation for all you aspiring authors. Bellow wrote The Adventures of Augie March, our Fall 2011 #OBOC pick.
onebookonechicago on Twitter: "Today's #MondayMotivation is…"
Today's #MondayMotivation is especially for all you aspiring writers out there, and comes to us from Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief, our Fall 2012 #OBOC pick.
onebookonechicago on Twitter: "Happy Birthday Colm Toibin! In…"
Happy Birthday Colm Toibin! In 2010, his book Brooklyn was the #OBOC pick, and we recommended these non-fiction books about the Irish immigrant experience buff.ly/2WKEW2L
onebookonechicago on Twitter: "Today's #MemorialDay quote is…"
Today's #MemorialDay quote is from our Fall 2003 #OBOC, Tim O'Brien's short story collection about a platoon of soldiers during the Vietnam War. If you haven't yet read this moving collection paying homage to the American soldier, check it out: buff.ly/2LKsMWC
onebookonechicago on Twitter: "Happy Birthday Michael Chabon! Back…"
Happy Birthday Michael Chabon! Back in 2014, his book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay was the #OBOC and he wrote a guest blog about the experience. Revisit it now: buff.ly/2WKMt1B
onebookonechicago on Twitter: "This season of #OBOC has come…"
This season of #OBOC has come to an end. Thank you to everyone who took part in this season's program! We'll see you in the fall with a new book and theme for our 2019-2020 season, but in the meantime, revisit some of our past seasons: buff.ly/2L2qAsZ
