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Book Review: ‘We’re Alone’ by Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat weaves personal and political

By ANITA SNOW
Sep 13, 2024 8:59 am - Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat explores family, homeland and her literary heroes in “We're Alone,” a new volume of essays that include personal narratives of he...
Geneva HS grad publishes debut novel described as a ‘queer rom-com’

By Dave Heun
Sep 13, 2024 3:30 am - Becca Grischow, a 2013 graduate of Geneva High School, launches her writing career with “I’ll Get Back to You,” a novel she describes as a “queer rom-com.”
Ann and Ben Brashares celebrate their new book for young people, ‘Westfallen,’ at Arlington Heights Memorial Library

Submitted by Robert McDonald, The Book Stall
Sep 11, 2024 2:31 pm - On Saturday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m., Ann Brashares, The New York Times-bestselling author of the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” series, teams up with her brother Ben Brashares to discuss their new middle grade thriller, “Westfallen.
Book Review: Elizabeth Strout brings all her favorite Mainers together in ‘Tell Me Everything’

By ROB MERRILL
Sep 10, 2024 11:38 am - Full disclosure: Other than a few clips of Frances McDormand as the titular Olive Kitteridge in the 2014 HBO show, “Tell Me Everything” was this reviewer’s first trip to ...
Oprah Winfrey names Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Tell Me Everything’ as her latest book club pick

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 10, 2024 8:31 am - Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick will be a story of familiar faces — in more ways than one. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she had chosen “Tell Me Everything,” the new novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.
Bestselling author Stephanie Land to speak at ‘COD Presents’ Oct. 10

By Angela Mennecke, COD News Bureau
Sep 03, 2024 10:09 pm - Join New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she recounts her powerful story of resilience as a single mother navigating poverty after fleeing a violent home, as part of the "COD Presents" series on Thursday, Oct. 10.
Book Review: Ellen Hopkins’ new novel ‘Sync’ is a stirring story of foster care through teens’ eyes

By DONNA EDWARDS
Sep 03, 2024 10:29 am - I’m always amazed at how Ellen Hopkins can convey so much in so few words. Her latest novel in verse, “Sync,” does exactly that as it switches between twins Storm and Lake during the pivotal year before they age out of the foster system.
Fall is bringing fantasy (and romantasy), literary fiction, politics and Taylor-ed book offerings

By HILLEL ITALIE
Aug 29, 2024 5:19 pm - Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the upcoming publishing season, sees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism.” “It’s just the ability to go to another world and relate to other people’s problems.”
Local businesswoman publishes first book, ‘Thoughts Become Things’

Submitted by St. Steven Public Relations, LLC
Aug 27, 2024 3:21 pm - Northwest suburban resident and businesswoman Melanie Santostefano recently released her first book, “Thoughts Become Things – Six Pillars to Guide You Through Life.”
Book Review: Technology and chaotic government programs doom family farms in ‘Land Rich Cash Poor’

By JEFF ROWE
Aug 27, 2024 9:37 am - Brian Reisinger's “Land Rich Cash Poor” emerges as an anthem to the family farm in America, romanticized despite the never-ending work even in good times, which have been...

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