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

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Martinez: YA novels still resonate years later

October 2, 2018

Young Adult novels have been a big part of my life since entering middle school. I remember eagerly checking out titles like “My Faire Lady” (Rowena works at a renaissance fair for a summer, eventually...

Turkolmez: Literature is burning out with devastating consequences

May 10, 2018

It is becoming an unavoidable fact that people, especially teens and children, read less and less by the day. You could go to any bookstore from multi-franchise giant Barnes & Noble to indie Strand...

A copy of a rare second folio of William Shakespeare’s “Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies” will be on display this week as part of “Page & Stage: Shakespeare at Northwestern Libraries.”  The exhibition celebrates 400 years since the playwright’s death with different artifacts related to his work.

Northwestern Libraries to launch special Shakespeare collections exhibit

April 21, 2016

A&E Starting Saturday, Northwestern students will have the chance to see and read artifacts dating back as far as the 16th century — all of which relate to Shakespeare’s work and other...

Prof. Irwin Weil holds a book about the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy in his office. Weil has been teaching at Northwestern in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures for almost 50 years.

Living in Red: Slavic Prof. Irwin Weil ties love for Russian culture with longtime passion for performance

November 12, 2015

A&E Heart pounding, blood rushing, he stands center stage in the Novosibirsk Theatre, Russia’s largest opera house. Velvet seats and gold-embossed sculptures line the hall. A statue of Vladimir...

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