Literature
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Review: Examining Korean American duality in 'Skinship'
Aug 23, 2021 7:00 am - 'œSkinship'ť by Yoon Choi (Alfred A. Knopf) With fine attention to detail, Yoon Choi's fictional debut 'œSkinship'ť welcomes readers into the lives of immigrant and firs...
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Book review: In 'Gone for Good,' a detective hunts a dormant killer
Aug 23, 2021 6:00 am - "Gone for Good" by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur) When Grace Harper is found hogtied and strangled to death on her kitchen floor, it appears that Chicago...
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Book review: 'Baby Girl' about Aaliyah is a singer's tragic tale
Aug 22, 2021 7:30 am - “Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah” by Kathy Iandoli (Atria Books) R&B singer Aaliyah is best known for two events that bookended her career: becoming i...
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Goals: Megan Rapinoe launches 'The Call In' book club
Aug 19, 2021 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Megan Rapinoe is such a fan of #MeToo pioneer Tarana Burke that the soccer star chose Burke's upcoming memoir, “Unbound,” for her new book club before she had...
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Review: Elon Musk bet everything he had on Tesla
Aug 17, 2021 7:00 am - 'œPower Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century,'ť by Tim Higgins (Doubleday) Space exploration, solar power, electric cars - the fortune Elon Musk had made f...
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Review: The thriller 'The Island' is marred by clumsy prose
Aug 16, 2021 7:00 am - 'œThe Island,'ť by Ben Coes (St. Martin's Press) An army of 500 Iranian terrorists launch an attack on Manhattan, isolating the island by blowing up tunnels and blocking...
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Review: 'Baby Girl' about Aaliyah is a singer's tragic tale
Aug 16, 2021 7:00 am - 'œBaby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah,'ť by Kathy Iandoli (Atria Books) R&B singer Aaliyah is best known for two events that bookended her career: becoming involved with ...
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Book review: Love and loss in 'Breathe' by Joyce Carol Oates
Aug 15, 2021 7:30 am - “Breathe” by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco) Joyce Carol Oates' novel is a story of love, loss and loneliness that opens with a wife urging, willing, begging he...
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Book review: Profound 'The People We Keep' is a search for family, meaning
Aug 14, 2021 7:30 am - "The People We Keep" by Allison Larkin (Gallery) "The People We Keep" is not a book to pick up lightly - it will make you fall in love with the character...
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Review: 'The People We Keep' is a search for family, meaning
Aug 11, 2021 7:00 am - 'œThe People We Keep'ť by Allison Larkin (Gallery) 'œThe People We Keep'ť is not a book to pick up lightly - it will make you fall in love with the characters, it will ...