In 17th century anatomical drawings, death—and life—were much more present than in today’s medical textbooks.

A campus festival explores the influence of Chinese opera.

Wesley and Brad Sun on comics, Kickstarter, and their latest collaboration, Monkey Fist.

Please, mom, I want less.

Poet Campbell McGrath, AB’84, explains how writers are like baseball players, what’s wrong with novels, and why he was banned from several frats in the mid-’80s.

Poet Dorothea Lasky leaves her audience awestruck.

From Crerar Library: A recipe for Chicago snow cream.

Edward Tenner, AM’67, PhD’72, considers what “an informed life” means in the information age.

Arika Okrent, PhD’04, lists the reasons why the listicle is a popular literary form.

An exhibit at the Oriental Institute Museum pairs modern workers with the ancient tools of their trades.