Dana Norris, AM’03, explains what makes Story Club Chicago’s premier open mic.

Freelance writer Anne Ford, AM’99, creator of Chicagoans, explains why people are fascinating—until they start telling you what they think.

Many humanities graduates want to get published. This crew decided to become publishers.

Businessman John Kuhns turned his winding career path into a novel.

Scenes from a writing workshop with Wade Rouse.

The pitfalls of writing, from a junior thesis to a Star Trek history.

The Gettysburg Address is short, to the point, and simple to memorize. But rhetoric and meaning combine in a way that makes Lincoln’s speech far more easy to admire than to duplicate.