Literature
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A gift guide for the fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror books in your life
Dec 21, 2020 5:00 am - It's that time of the year when the nights grow long, the air grows cold, the festive lights are up and the year's best books lists are sprouting like mushrooms after th...
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West Chicago poets featured in online gallery of original HaikuDec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - While COVID-19 took center stage last year and disrupted everyday life and its daily routines, many West Chicago residents discovered their own creativity through a proj...
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Netflix's Shea McGee on creating the house of your dreams
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Book review: The theft of a fresco leads to a tension-filled yarn in 'Fool Me Twice'
Dec 15, 2020 5:00 am - "Fool Me Twice" by Jeff Lindsay (Dutton) Riley Wolfe has surely met his match in "Fool Me Twice," the second novel in Jeff Lindsay's series about the sel...
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Review: The theft of a fresco leads to a tension-filled yarn
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Brothers write a love letter to a food we all love - pizzaDec 12, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Let Thanksgiving have the turkey. Let Christmas have fruitcake. Every other day, it's got to be pizza. So argue Thom and James Elliot, brothers and pizza make...
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Join Young, Black, & Lit book drive for O.C. Allen Elementary SchoolDec 11, 2020 10:00 pm - O.C. Allen Elementary School in Aurora has a 92% minority population, yet its students often can't see themselves in the books they read. In 2012, the Cooperative Child...
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Local authors partner with new Illinois Rock and Roll Museum with their new bookDec 07, 2020 10:00 pm - Since the early 1970s, veteran concert photographer Jim Summaria of Algonquin, Ill., has captured some of the most famous classic rock-era acts at music venues in and ar...
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Review: 'Blind Vigil' a tense, fast-paced and hardboiled
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Emma Glass's 'Rest and Be Thankful' powerfully describes what it means to be a health care worker