Novelist and Illinois native Dave Eggers' latest book, The Captain and the Glory, is an allegory about a large cruise ship that replaces a respected, experienced captain with someone who is none of those things.

Reporters Christine Herman and Sam Dunklau help answer your questions related to COVID-19 in Illinois.

Reporters Christine Herman and Sam Dunklau help answer your questions related to COVID-19 in Illinois.

Today on The 21st: answering listener questions on COVID-19, revisiting a conversation with author and Illinois native Dave Eggers, and looking at one of the few public entertainment venues open during the pandemic: drive-in movie theaters.

Today on The 21st: answering listener questions on COVID-19, revisiting a conversation with author and Illinois native Dave Eggers, and looking at one of the few public entertainment venues open during the pandemic: drive-in movie theaters.

In newsrooms across the country, obituary desks are expanding as they work to try and celebrate life during this global pandemic. 

In newsrooms across the country, obituary desks are expanding as they work to try and celebrate life during this global pandemic. 

We’re told the handshake is no more. How will this pandemic change both our personal interactions, and society more generally? A conversation about what the ‘new normal’ could look like.

We’re told the handshake is no more. How will this pandemic change both our personal interactions, and society more generally? A conversation about what the ‘new normal’ could look like.

A survey of COVID-19 news from across Illinois, with Jenna Dooley of Northern Public Radio on Rockford and DeKalb, Jamie Nesbitt Golden of Block Club Chicago on the city's south side, and Mary Hansen of NPR Illinois on Springfield.