Literature
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For National Poetry Month, Aurora Downtown puts out call for poetryFeb 22, 2021 10:00 pm - In honor of National Poetry Month this April, Aurora Downtown and Aurora Poet Laureate Karen Fullett-Christensen are hosting a call for poems. The theme for the poems sh...
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Book review: An insider's look behind the '60 Minutes' stopwatch
Feb 20, 2021 6:28 am - "Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes" by Ira Rosen (St. Martin's Press) Longtime multi-award-winning producer Ira Rosen has written a sometime...
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Submissions for COD's Prairie Light Review due March 11Feb 17, 2021 10:00 pm - Prairie Light Review, a juried magazine produced twice per year by student editors enrolled in English 2210 at College of DuPage, is currently accepting submissions from...
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Review: An insider's look behind the '60 Minutes' stopwatch
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - 'œTicking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes,'ť by Ira Rosen (St. Martin's Press) Long-time multi-award winning producer Ira Rosen has written a sometimes sad, often...
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Review: Bill Gates offers a hopeful take on climate change
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - 'œHow to Avoid Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need,'ť by Bill Gates (Knopf) Watching Bill Gates in the news over the years, his demeano...
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Review: 'The Echo Wife' is an edge-of-your-seat tale
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - 'œThe Echo Wife,'ť by Sarah Gailey (Tor Books) In Sarah Gailey's, 'œThe Echo Wife,'ť Evelyn is a brilliant scientist, revered in the scientific community for the work s...
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Wheaton library to offer Q&A with 'The Long Shadow' film director Feb. 24Feb 15, 2021 10:00 pm - On Wednesday, Feb. 24, the Wheaton Public Library is partnering with over 40 suburban libraries to offer a live Q&A on Zoom with "The Long Shadow" director Frances Cause...
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Book review: Kristin Hannah's 'Four Winds' an ode to the strength and ferocity of mothers
Feb 15, 2021 5:00 am - “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press) It's 1921 in Texas, and 25-year-old Elsa Wolcott is considered by her own parents to be an ugly, ...
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Book review: Priyanka Chopra Jonas reveals private life details
Feb 10, 2021 5:00 am - "Unfinished" by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Ballantine) Priyanka Chopra Jonas' memoir, "Unfinished," is a moving story of her rise to fame - and of her life before anybo...
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ECC Writers Center Reading Series announce spring lineupFeb 09, 2021 10:00 pm - The Writers Center at Elgin Community College will host three authors for the Spring 2021 Reading Series. Due to ongoing social distancing practices, the events will tak...