Literature
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Book review: Memo to baby boomers, from millennials: Everything's your fault
Aug 18, 2020 6:00 am - "OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind" by Jill Filipovic (Atria/One Signal) Approximately one million years ago, in 2019, the long-simmering gen...
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Wheaton library hosts programs on astronomy, cooking and moreAug 16, 2020 11:00 pm - The Wheaton Public Library, 225 N. Cross St., is offering a variety of online programs in September via Zoom. Registration information is available at wheatonlibrary.org...
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Poetry reading at Barrington White House on ThursdayAug 16, 2020 1:00 am - Barrington's White House and the Barrington Cultural Commission are presenting a free online poetry reading 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20. The event, part of an online series...
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Book review: 'Story of Gardening' gets a timely updateAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - “The Story of Gardening,” by Penelope Hobhouse and Ambra Edwards (Princeton Architectural Press) It's an opportune time for an update to this lavishly illustrated h...
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Barrington's White House to hold virtual poetry readingAug 13, 2020 11:00 pm - Barrington's White House and the Barrington Cultural Commission will present another free cultural event in its online series, Virtual Arts and Culture. Join virtually ...
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Stephenie Meyer says more 'Twilight' books are planned
Aug 13, 2020 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - There is still plenty of life in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight Saga." Meyer is planning at least two more books in her megaselling vampire series, she said duri...
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Book review: Bombings and a disappearance fuel Parker's new novel
Aug 12, 2020 6:00 am - "Then She Vanished," by T. Jefferson Parker (Putnam) With each new book in T. Jefferson Parker's series featuring San Diego private detective Roland Ford...
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Review: `Story of Gardening' gets a timely update
Aug 11, 2020 7:00 am - 'œThe Story of Gardening,'ť by Penelope Hobhouse and Ambra Edwards (Princeton Architectural Press) It's an opportune time for an update to this lavishly illustrated hist...
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Need to laugh out loud? These hilarious romance novels will do the trick.
Aug 11, 2020 6:00 am - We hold these truths to be self-evident: One, 2020 is a trash fire. Two, romance novels have the power to dampen the resulting flames. Thank you for coming to my TED tal...
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Book review: A 'Twilight' revamp, all in for team Edward
Aug 11, 2020 6:00 am - "Midnight Sun," by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Edward Cullen. He sparkles in sunlight, has a thing for hemoglobin and, with 2005's megah...