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Review: Writer explores gay bars as revolutionary spaces

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
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...
Review: An ode to the strength and ferocity of mothers

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
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...
Book review: 'We Could Be Heroes' is the story of deep friendship

By Molly Sprayregen Associated Press
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...
Review: Priyanka Chopra Jonas reveals private life details

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
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...
Review: Book reveals roots of Amazon's spectacular success

By JEFF ROWE
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...
Glenside Library readers can borrow magazines and more through the Libby reading app

Submitted by Glenside Public Library District
Feb 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...
Book review: Mike Nichols bio the epic his artistic life deserves

By Douglass K. Daniel Associated Press
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...
Book review: 'Blood Grove' a bewildering maze of double-crosses

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
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...
Indian Trails anime club to meet remotely Tuesday

Daily Herald Report
Feb 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...
AAUW in Tri-Cities invites entries for Creative Writing Contest

Submitted by AAUW-Batavia-Geneva-St. Charles
Feb 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...

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