Literature
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Review: Anita Hill urges us all to battle gender violence
Sep 28, 2021 7:00 am - 'œBelieving: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence'ť by Anita Hill (Viking) Anita Hill didn't care if President Joe Biden apologized or not, but she found his a...
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Review: Idolatry surrenders to humanity in new Lee biography
Sep 27, 2021 7:00 am - 'œRobert E. Lee: A Life'ť by Allen C. Guelzo (Knopf) Controversy over the equestrian memorial to Robert E. Lee on stately Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, was once...
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Review: Anthony Doerr dreams big with 'Cloud Cuckoo Land'
Sep 27, 2021 7:00 am - 'œCloud Cuckoo Land,'ť by Anthony Doerr (Scribner) How do you follow up a Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction? If you're novelist Anthony Doerr ('œAll the Light We Ca...
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Review: Book richly illustrates pandemic's impact on lives
Sep 27, 2021 7:00 am - 'œVoices from the Pandemic" by Eli Saslow (Doubleday) More than 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic, there's already been a bumper crop of books about COVID-19 that ...
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Book review: 'True Raiders' a fun read about true treasure hunt
Sep 27, 2021 6:00 am - "True Raiders" by Brad Ricca (St. Martin's Press) For fans of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," there's something just as exciting as seeing Indiana Jones swash...
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Free writing workshops offered during National Novel Writing MonthSep 26, 2021 11:00 pm - National Novel Writing Month is a free, annual event each November to encourage people to write a 50,000-plus word first draft of their novel. Anyone age 13 or older ca...
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Books and Beyond: How one family gets the most out of their library cardSep 26, 2021 11:00 pm - Rosa Biondo recalls going to her local library in Chicago as a child with her mother, who taught herself to read in English and wanted her children to be able to do the ...
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Book review: Craig Johnson uses mystery to explore violence against Native American women
Sep 26, 2021 7:28 am - "Daughter of the Morning Star" by Craig Johnson (Viking) Cheyenne Tribal Police Chief Lolo Long's niece, Jayla, star of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High Sch...
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Book review: 'Echoes of the Dead' is a fast-paced thriller
Sep 25, 2021 7:27 am - "Echoes of the Dead" by Spencer Kope (Minotaur) When four wealthy men, one of them a congressman, disappear on their annual fishing trip to the Upper Ker...
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MCC speaker series to explore Latinx literature, inclusion and experienceSep 23, 2021 11:00 pm - Submitted by McHenry County College McHenry County College will explore Latinx inclusion and experience as part of its latest Experts and Insights educational speaker se...