Literature
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Review: Writer explores gay bars as revolutionary spaces
Feb 09, 2021 6:00 am - Jeremy Atherton Lin's 'œGay Bar'ť (Little, Brown & Co.) Part memoir and part anthropological exploration, Jeremy Atherton Lin's 'œGay Bar'ť takes readers on a grand, cro...
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Review: An ode to the strength and ferocity of mothers
Feb 09, 2021 6:00 am - 'œThe Four Winds,'ť 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, unmarriable s...
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Book review: 'We Could Be Heroes' is the story of deep friendship
Feb 09, 2021 5:00 am - "We Could Be Heroes" by Mike Chen (Mira) In Mike Chen's "We Could Be Heroes," Jamie and Zoe each wake up alone in an unfamiliar apartment. Neither has an...
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Review: Priyanka Chopra Jonas reveals private life details
Feb 08, 2021 6:00 am - 'œUnfinished,'ť by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Ballantine) Priyanka Chopra Jonas's memoir, 'œUnfinished,'ť is a moving story of her rise to fame - and of her life before anyb...
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Review: Book reveals roots of Amazon's spectacular success
Feb 08, 2021 6:00 am - 'œWorking Backwards: Insights, Stories and Secrets from Inside Amazon,'ť Colin Bryar and Bill Carr (St. Martin's Press) This book reads like a how-to guide, which perhap...
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Glenside Library readers can borrow magazines and more through the Libby reading appFeb 07, 2021 10:00 pm - Glenside Public Library District in Glendale Heights recently announced that over 3,000 popular magazines are now available to download and read on any device 24/7. For...
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Book review: Mike Nichols bio the epic his artistic life deserves
Feb 07, 2021 6:28 am - "Mike Nichols: A Life" by Mark Harris (Penguin Press) Inspiration and talent don't always travel together. How many young men and women electrified by di...
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Book review: 'Blood Grove' a bewildering maze of double-crosses
Feb 06, 2021 6:28 am - "Blood Grove" by Walter Mosley (Mulholland Books) Walter Mosley's Los Angeles detective, Easy Rawlins, has always invited comparisons to the original har...
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Indian Trails anime club to meet remotely TuesdayFeb 05, 2021 12:00 am - The anime club at the Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling will meet remotely at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. Members will watch Japanese animation and vote on what to wa...
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AAUW in Tri-Cities invites entries for Creative Writing ContestFeb 04, 2021 10:00 pm - The Batavia-Geneva-St. Charles Branch of the American Association of University Women is sponsoring its Creative Writing Contest for the 42nd consecutive year. All inte...