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Review: Nicole Krauss' set of short fiction is a mixed bag

By ANN LEVIN
Nov 02, 2020 6:00 am - 'œTo Be a Man,'ť by Nicole Krauss (HarperCollins) After publishing four novels to great acclaim, Nicole Krauss has come out with her first collection of short fiction, '...
Review: 'White Ivy' is a dark, suspenseful immigration tale

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
Nov 02, 2020 6:00 am - 'œWhite Ivy,'ť by Susie Yang (Simon & Schuster) Dark, suspenseful, and beautifully written, Susie Yang's 'œWhite Ivy'ť is the story of Ivy Lin, a Chinese Immigrant growi...
15 feel-good books guaranteed to lift your spirits

By Angela Haupt The Washington Post
Nov 01, 2020 10:00 pm - Early in the pandemic, some readers gravitated toward prescient sci-fi; others sought solace in self-help or transportive novels. Now, some of us just want things to end...
Book review: Matthew McConaughey gives the green light on livin' life to the fullest

By Mark Athitakis The Washington Post
Nov 01, 2020 4:00 am - "Greenlights" by Matthew McConaughey (Crown) Matthew McConaughey's memoir, "Greenlights," has a way of convincing you that being Matthew McConaughey is just about t...
Eighth Blackbird series continues with Rebecca Rego's 'Songs for Cleaning Women' Nov. 11

Submitted by Ann Fink
Oct 31, 2020 11:00 pm - The new "Eighth Blackbird Presents: The Chicago Artists Workshop" livestream concert series continues with Rebecca Rego in a concert inspired by Lucia Berlin's book, "So...
'The books that help her through': Winfrey suggests seven

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
Oct 31, 2020 5:00 am - NEW YORK — With Election Day approaching and the pandemic ongoing, Oprah Winfrey is setting aside her usual book club recommendations and instead citing seven personal f...
Book review: Peter Frampton looks back in a gentle memoir

By Mark Kennedy Ap Entertainment Writer
Oct 31, 2020 5:00 am - Peter Frampton, “Do You Feel Like I Do?” (Hachette Books) When Peter Frampton was a child, he busted his father on Christmas morning giving him an acoust...
Constable: Warm memories, dark mysteries fuel Hawthorn Woods, the novel

By Burt Constable
Oct 29, 2020 5:20 am - Nestled in the nature separating Mundelein and Vernon Hills from Lake Zurich, the bucolic suburb of Hawthorn Woods has more trees than people. In August, it was named an...
Addison teen's first book displayed at library

By Emily Glimco Addison Public Library
Oct 28, 2020 11:00 pm - One of the latest books on display at the Addison Public Library is the work of Addison resident Yusuf Keshavarzi, whose book "Darkwood: Black Jaguar" tells the story of...
Book review: A memoir of a friend and a Knicks fan for the ages

By Ann Levin Associated Press
Oct 28, 2020 6:00 am - "Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship" by Harvey Araton (Penguin Press) In 2018, sports writer Harvey Araton wrote an obituary for The New York...

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