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Forever Young

Forever Young

Fiction writers find major success with the minor demographic

By Kristi Turnbaugh
Photography by Jacob Boll (BA ’12)

Think back on the first book you ever really loved—maybe

Big Audio Dynamite

Big Audio Dynamite

By Audrey Michelle Mast (BA ’00)
Photography by Julia Stotz (BFA ’08) and Maia Harms (BFA ’09)

Imagine your favorite television or movie scene—then hit mute. No dialogue, no mu

Top-Shelf Label

Top-Shelf Label

“At the time, the word ‘country’ was a bad word,” says Nan Warshaw on the 1994 launch of her roots-inflected indie rock label Bloodshot Records, with co-founder Rob Miller, outside the company’s headquarters on Chicago’s North Side.

Inside Job

Inside Job

Interior architects mastermind the spaces in which we live, work and play

Millennial Hustle

Millennial Hustle

As students at Columbia College Chicago, Lena Waithe, Tony Merevick and Roma Shah all jump-started their careers with hands-on experience, prestigious internships and boundless amb

Changing Course

Changing Course

Artists Caitlin Strokosch (BA ’98), Rachael Albers (BA ’06) and Shawn Lent (MAM ’06) step out of the spotlight and find fulfillment through nonprofit pursuits.

In the arts, tim

A Colossal Success

A Colossal Success

Christopher Jobson (BA ’04) turned his humble passion project—an art and visual culture blog—into a full-time, professional career.

On the morning of March 9, 2011,Christopher J

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