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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern

The illustration shows Cinderella in a blue dress running down the gray stairs of a castle. A faint red light shines in the background and a carriage awaits for her as she hurries, wearing only one shoe.

Evanston author launches publishing company, gives storytellers a platform to share their stories

November 14, 2022

Evanston resident Anne Beall started a consulting firm in 2003. Within five years, the firm had an office space in downtown Chicago, and it “was more successful than (she) ever imagined.” Then, the...

Author Maaza Mengiste talks about her novel and the difficulties of writing historical fiction at a Thursday night lecture. Mengiste, who wrote the award-winning novel “Beneath the Lion’s Gaze” about the Ethiopian revolution, is the Center for the Writing Arts’ spring Visiting Writer in Residence.

Award-winning author discusses the challenges of writing historical fiction

May 5, 2015

Author Maaza Mengiste spoke about the impetus behind her book, “Beneath the Lion’s Gaze,” and the challenges of writing historical fiction at a Thursday night lecture hosted by the Center for the...

Tamara Ireland Stone speaks to an audience at The Loft in the Evanston Public Library. Her books, “Time Between Us” and “Time After Time,” both take place in Evanston.

Young adult author speaks at Evanston library

February 7, 2014

Young adult author Tamara Ireland Stone discussed and read excerpts from her Evanston-based novels Thursday night. Stone spoke to a group of teens in The Loft, a center for students in sixth to 12th...

NU Law Prof. John McGinnis is the author of a new book called Accelerated Democracy: Transforming Governance through Technology about the importance of using data to fix U.S. politics.

Law professor’s new book examines technology’s role in government

January 13, 2013

As the 113th United States Congress prepares to tackle government spending, taxes, education and immigration, only 14 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, according to a recent Gallup...

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