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Book review: Legal writer John Grisham pens a basketball thriller

By Rob Merrill Associated Press
Apr 27, 2021 6:00 am - "Sooley" by John Grisham (Doubleday) When you've written 35 novels and are working on a streak of 43 consecutive No. 1 New York Times best-sellers, you c...
How media center workers at Palatine High are using TikTok to promote reading

By Elena Ferrarin
Apr 27, 2021 5:30 am - Leaping over a desk. Falling with a dozen hardcover books in your arms. Hanging off a moving book cart. "There is nothing we won't try" goes a line in the song that two ...
Review: Review: Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel is very novel

By ROB MERRILL
Apr 26, 2021 7:00 am - 'œWhereabouts,'ť by Jhumpa Lahiri (Alfred A. Knopf) Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri is back with what is sure to be one of the more unique 'œnovels'ť of the year. R...
Book review: Love, loss and racism in 'The Son of Mr. Suleman'

By Molly Sprayregen Associated Press
Apr 26, 2021 6:00 am - “The Son of Mr. Suleman” by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton) “The Son of Mr. Suleman,” the final novel by the late Eric Jerome Dickey, is the profound story o...
Leslie Jordan parlays Instagram fame with new book and album

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press
Apr 25, 2021 7:28 am - NEW YORK - Last year at this time, as much of the world was on lockdown due to the pandemic, Leslie Jordan began posting daily videos of himself on Instagram. The actor ...
Learn how 'Reading Colors Your World!' with Helen Plum Library

Submitted by Helen Plum Library
Apr 22, 2021 11:00 pm - Helen Plum Library in Lombard launches its "Reading Colors Your World!" summer reading program on Saturday, May 1. During the next few months, the library will host a r...
West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission inspires student haiku

Submitted by Rosemary Mackey
Apr 21, 2021 11:00 pm - Inspired by the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission's Summer Haiku and Fall Haiku project, Leman Middle School sixth-grade Dual Language learners in Janet Ayala's and ...
Review: Love, loss and racism in 'The Son of Mr. Suleman'

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
Apr 20, 2021 7:00 am - 'œThe Son of Mr. Suleman,'ť Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton) 'œThe Son of Mr. Suleman,'ť the final novel by the late Eric Jerome Dickey, is the profound story of Professor Pi...
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. to host a Virtual Literary Cafe event May 2

Submitted by Delta Sigma Theta Schaumburg
Apr 19, 2021 11:00 pm - The Schaumburg-Hoffman Estates Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. presents the Virtual Literary Cafe on Sunday, May 2. The event from 2 to 3:30 p.m. wil...
Review: New collection of columns by the late Jenny Diski

By ANN LEVIN
Apr 19, 2021 7:00 am - 'œWhy Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told?'ť by Jenny Diski (Bloomsbury Publishing) A lot of criticism doesn't age well because it's tied to ephemeral moments in our c...

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