Literature
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Oprah Winfrey picks David Wroblewski’s ‘Familiaris’ for her book clubJun 11, 2024 12:58 pm - NEW YORK — Author David Wroblewski has reached special status among contemporary authors: a two-time selection for Oprah Winfrey's book club. Winfrey announced Tuesd...
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Book Review: Glamour and tragedy intertwine in Griffin Dunne’s memoir ‘The Friday Afternoon Club’Jun 10, 2024 5:20 pm - Actor and producer Griffin Dunne grew up in New York and Los Angeles with the glitterati all around. His father, Dominick Dunne, a television executive and film produ...
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Book signing for John Robert Wiltgen’s ‘The Candy in My Pocket’ set for June 21-22Jun 07, 2024 6:36 pm - Author and internationally acclaimed, award-winning residential designer John Robert Wiltgen will be signing his memoir “The Candy in My Pocket” at noon Friday, June 21, ...
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Book Review: Indigenous author explores charged issue of blood lines in his debut novel ‘Fire Exit’Jun 07, 2024 2:23 pm - Morgan Talty has followed up on the success of his prize-winning story collection “Night of the Living Rez” with a poignant first novel that explores the charged question of what constitutes identity — family or tribe?
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Book Review: From Crichton and Patterson, ‘Eruption’ is poised to be seismic publishing eventJun 07, 2024 1:46 pm - You know you’ve got some juice in the publishing world when you get top billing on a book nearly 16 years after your death. “Eruption” is the completion of a partial manuscript found by the late Michael Crichton’s wife, Sherri, and finished by James Patterson.
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A new ‘Hunger Games’ book — and movie — is comingJun 06, 2024 12:08 pm - Inspired by an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for...
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Book review: ‘When the Sea Came Alive’ expands understanding of D-Day invasionJun 05, 2024 9:50 am - Writing about the Allied invasion of Normandy, Garrett M. Graff is treading into familiar history with his latest book. From books by historian Stephen Ambrose to films ...
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Elmhurst Public Library seeks submissions for Local Author FairJun 03, 2024 9:42 pm - Submissions are now being accepted for Elmhurst Public Library’s Local Author Fair on Saturday, Aug. 24.
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Book Review: Twin brothers go on a wacky road trip through SouthJun 01, 2024 3:53 pm - In the beginning was … a lie. One day a rabbi knocked on the door of a woman with a Jewish-sounding last name in a small town in Georgia to recruit new members for his sy...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates returns to nonfiction and explores the power of stories in upcoming ‘The Message’May 30, 2024 7:38 am - For his first all-new book of nonfiction in nearly a decade, Ta-Nehisi Coates traveled the world. One World announced Thursday that Coates' “The Message” will be published Oct. 1.
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