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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Fans react to BookTok sensation ‘Fourth Wing’ series’ third installment

January 24, 2025

Chicago resident Tori Payne said she felt like “punching a wall” after finishing the cliffhanger ending of “Iron Flame,” the sequel to Rebecca Yarros’ viral romantasy novel “Fourth Wing.” Ever...

Two cutout images of a blond woman, one of her holding a microphone while wearing a fuzzy purple vest and one of her holding a microphone while wearing a sequined leotard, superimposed on a piece of notebook paper and a cutout image of Deering Library.

Taylor Swift attracts students to literature class, but the art of poetry retains them

January 21, 2025

While Northwestern course offerings may sometimes seem mundane, a class featuring case studies of Taylor Swift’s music is sure to turn heads.  Medill sophomore Olivia Teeter said she was scrolling...

Author Gioia Diliberto signs books for community members at The Book Cellar after discussing her newly released book “Firebrands.”

Author Gioia Diliberto discusses new book ‘Firebrands’ at The Book Cellar

November 17, 2024

In a room of stacked books, author Gioia Diliberto sat down with $7.95 sandwiches and bottled wine at The Book Cellar to talk about her new book “Firebrands: The Untold Story of Four Women Who Made and...

The silhouette of a woman’s side profile sits atop a red background and white lettering in the title. An illustration of the medal awarded for the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature is beside the silhouette.

Han Kang is first South Korean writer to win 2024 Nobel Prize in literature with ‘The Vegetarian’

November 12, 2024

Written by South Korean author Han Kang and translated by British writer Deborah Smith, “The Vegetarian” masterfully explores the lure of volatile human desire by challenging South Korean societal...

According to parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach, who wrote the foreword for “Haunted World,” humans have a rich history of ghost stories through written and oral traditions.

‘Haunted World’ educates on parapsychology, dispels TV myths about ghost hunting

October 21, 2024

Loyd Auerbach (Weinberg ’78) became interested in parapsychology, the study of psychic, ghostly and mediumistic experiences, at age 12, when he discovered books about the topic in his hometown library,...

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