Books by Medill Alumni
Suburban Empire: Cold War Militarization in the US Pacific
Lauren Hirshberg (MSJ02) Suburban Empire takes readers to the US missile base at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, at the matrix of postwar US...
Read MoreThe Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, And How Parents And Schools Can Help Them Thrive
Lisa L. Lewis (IMC91) In 2015, when Lisa L. Lewis started looking into why high schools start so early in the morning, she had no...
Read MoreBita: Ukrainian Warrior Dog
Deborah “Dobsy” Karabin (BSJ73) PROCEEDS FOR THIS KIDS BOOK BENEFIT UKRAINIAN REFUGEES. My paternal grandparents lived there. This book is about Bita Ukrainian Warrior Dog,...
Read MoreRetail Gangster The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie
Gary Weiss (MSJ76) Back in the fall of 2016 we heard the news about the passing of Eddie Antar, “Crazy Eddie” as he was known...
Read MoreThe Movement Made Us
David Dennis (MSJ09) A dynamic family exchange that pivots between the voices of a father and son, The Movement Made Us is a unique work...
Read MoreThe Workout Bucket List
Greg Presto (BSJ04, MSJ07) Exercise can do so much more than just make you sweat. It can also take you across the world to bike...
Read MoreFree: Two Years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home
Lauren Kessler (BSJ71) 95 percent of the millions of American men and women who go to prison eventually get out. What happens to them? A...
Read MoreDon’t Just Have the Soup
Alan Heymann (BSJ97) Human beings are expert storytellers. “Don’t Just Have the Soup” is a collection of 52 analogies from Alan Heymann’s executive and leadership...
Read MoreFaith Ed, Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance
Linda K. Wertheimer (BSJ86, MSJ86) Faith Ed, Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance, gives an intimate cross-country look at the ongoing debate over...
Read MoreOne-Way Ticket to L.A.
Lori Marshall (BSJ86, MSJ88) “One-Way Ticket to L.A.” is the story of how a nurse from Ohio found love in Hollywood. Written by Barbara Marshall...
Read MoreTruth Bee Told
Ian Douglass (MSJ 2006) Douglass has collaborated with professional wrestling star B. Brian Blair to complete Blair’s 472-page autobiography. Featuring forewords by Bret “The Hitman”...
Read MoreBetrayal: The Ethel Rosenberg Story
Alisa Parenti (COMM87, MSJ88) In this historical fiction novel, Parenti takes readers from the tenement halls of the Lower East Side to the walls of...
Read MoreCastaway Mountain
Saumya Roy (MSJ02) “Castaway Mountain” is a narrative non fiction book on the Deonar garbage mountains of Mumbai and the waste pickers who live off...
Read MoreA Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere
Todd Melby (MSJ87) The true story of the Coen Brothers’ epic film of murder, mayhem, and malfeasance on the frozen landscapes of Minneapolis and North...
Read MoreA Hot Mess: How the Climate Crisis is Changing our World
Jeff Fleischer (MSJ2003) We already know what climate change is and many of us understand the human causes. But what will climate change do to...
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