Books

Riley Snorton in apartment

Scholar explores overlapping worlds of black and trans communities

Ubers and Lyfts

From Uber to eBay, how tech is inspiring unprecedented trust in American society

Berlin Wall

New book examines why liberty blossoms in some states but wilts in others

Kids reading

University of Chicago helps elementary students build home libraries

Carol Fisher Saller

An editor takes the fear out of The Chicago Manual of Style

Semicolon on a typewriter

Why we’re so emotionally invested in the semicolon

Lauren Berlant

New book explores ‘concept of the ordinary’—100 words at a time

Scavvies

Book explores quirky and legendary history of Scav Hunt

Deborah Nelson

UChicago Press awards top honor to Deborah Nelson for ‘Tough Enough’

R. Stephen Berry

Chicago pollution inspired scholar’s career as chemist and environmental activist