Greta Johnsen
Stories by Greta Johnsen
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Public libraries are city treasures
How many books are in the Chicago Public Library? How many visitors come each day? Here are eight fun facts about how your library system works.
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What to read this summer
Book Riot’s Liberty Hardy reads hundreds of books a year. She tells us the best of this summer.
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What is your daily EGOT?
Jennifer Hudson won an EGOT this week, but we can still congratulate ourselves for small victories.
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They weren’t heroes but they saved lives
We talk to two people behind a new documentary about performing abortion before it was legal. Plus, do we need a new Bechdel test?
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Tom Perotta on ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’
The New York Times bestselling author reflects on his writing before and after the #MeToo movement.
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What if phones but too much
A viral tweet says there are only 35 premises in all of literature, and … it’s not far off?
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Masks are still a good idea
Yes, COVID is still a thing. Nerdette’s “resident epidemiologist” gives us the details.
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What to eat right now
We round up the best cookbooks of the year so far. Plus, chefs give us their recommendations for cooking with late spring vegetables.
