Mary schmich chicago tribune reporter

Dozens of talented columnists have appeared in the Chicago Tribune over the decades, earning the newspaper two Pulitzer Prizes for commentary and two for criticism.

As the Tribune celebrates its 175th anniversary, editors from across the newsroom dug through the archives to offer this small snapshot of Tribune Voices from the past.

We also reached out to some columnists who chose their favorites.

[Read our current Tribune Voices]

Is there a columnist from our archives you’d like to read again? Email us with suggestions.

Claudia Cassidy was a critic who covered dance, music and theater in Chicago from the early 1920s through the 1980s.

‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams review: Fragile drama holds theater in tight spell

From Dec.

27, 1944

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Paul Gapp was the Tribune’s architecture critic from 1974 to 1992. He won a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1979.

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