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Review: 'Blood Grove' a bewildering maze of double-crosses

By BRUCE DeSILVA
Feb 02, 2021 6:00 am - 'œBlood Grove,'ť by Walter Mosley (Mulholland Books) Walter Mosley's Los Angeles detective, Easy Rawlins, has always invited comparisons to the original hard-boiled Sout...
One Book, One Batavia 2021 explores life of local World War II codebreaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman

Submitted by Batavia Public Library
Feb 01, 2021 10:00 pm - This year, the "One Book, One Batavia" selection will be "The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enem...
Learn how to make your backyard a wildlife destination

Submitted by Gail Borden Public Library
Feb 01, 2021 10:00 pm - The Northern Kane County Wild Ones and Gail Borden Library are presenting a series of virtual discussions and programs based on the book "Nature's Best Hope, A New Appro...
Review: Journalist's first collection of fiction excels

By ANN LEVIN
Feb 01, 2021 6:00 am - 'œLand of Big Numbers,'ť by Te-Ping Chen (Mariner Books) A Chinese tech company recently made headlines for its use of 'œsmart'ť cushions in office chairs to monitor its...
Review: Mike Nichols bio the epic his artistic life deserves

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Feb 01, 2021 6:00 am - 'œMike Nichols: A Life,'ť by Mark Harris (Penguin Press) Inspiration and talent don't always travel together. How many young men and women electrified by director Elia K...
Review: New story collection by Danish writer Dorthe Nors

By ANN LEVIN
Feb 01, 2021 6:00 am - 'œWild Swims,'ť by Dorthe Nors (Graywolf Press) 'œHygge'ť is the Danish word for a sense of coziness and comfort that is supposedly characteristic of that Scandinavian ...
Review: 'We Could Be Heroes' is the story of deep friendship

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
Feb 01, 2021 6:00 am - 'œWe Could Be Heroes,'ť by Mike Chen (Mira) In Mike Chen's 'œWe Could Be Heroes,'ť Jamie and Zoe each wake up alone in an unfamiliar apartment. Neither has any memory o...
Interest continues to grow in inaugural poet Amanda Gorman

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
Feb 01, 2021 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Within hours of Amanda Gorman's reading of the inaugural poem last week, bookstores were hearing from their customers. "Hopefully this will be a bridge that b...
Foundation names 2021 Young Arts winners

Submitted by National YoungArts Foundation
Jan 31, 2021 10:00 pm - The National YoungArts Foundation recently announced its 2021 YoungArts Winners. YoungArts' winners are the nation's most accomplished young artists in the visual, liter...
Book review: 'Tropic of Stupid' continues slapstick-noir series

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Jan 30, 2021 6:28 am - "Tropic of Stupid" by Tim Dorsey (William Morrow) "Tropic of Stupid," the 24th novel in Tim Dorsey's series featuring obsessive-compulsive psychopath Ser...

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