Literature
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Book review: Kevin Kwan moves on with 'Sex and Vanity,' but the characters are still crazy rich
Jul 07, 2020 6:00 am - "Sex and Vanity" by Kevin Kwan (Doubleday) The wedding of the summer is still on - and you'd have to be crazy rich not to squeal in vicarious wonder at i...
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New book by Marmion monk comes out July 15Jul 06, 2020 11:00 pm - Father Joel Rippinger's recent sabbatical has brought to fruition a new book, "Struggle and Ascent: The History of Mount Angel Abbey," published by Liturgical Press, Col...
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Book review: At 'Action Park,' danger was the main attraction
Jul 06, 2020 6:00 am - “Action Park,” by Andy Mulvihill with Jake Rossen (Penguin) An early survey of visitors to Action Park, a Vernon, N.J., theme park that opened in 1978 and operated for n...
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Book review: 'In Praise of Paths' reminds us of the incredible power of the simple outdoor walk
Jul 05, 2020 7:15 am - "In Praise of Paths: Walking Through Time and Nature" by Torbjørn Ekelund, translated by Becky L. Crook (Greystone) When I was 13, during a summer visit to my grand...
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Book review: Paul Doiron cranks up a suspenseful, fast-paced plotJul 04, 2020 7:15 am - “One Last Lie,” by Paul Doiron (Minotaur) Fifteen years ago, a young Maine game warden went undercover to investigate a poaching ring in Maine's north woods and was...
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Book review: Lose yourself in the places that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien
Jul 04, 2020 7:15 am - "The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The places that inspired Middle-Earth" by John Garth (Princeton University Press) After months of lockdown, political unrest and the ...
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In Sophie Mackintosh's dystopian 'Blue Ticket,' a woman's fate is determined by lottery
Jul 02, 2020 6:00 am - "Blue Ticket," by Sophie Mackintosh A controlling father imposed his warped definition of female nature on his daughters in Sophie Mackintosh's first book, "The Wat...
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Schaumburg Library names poetry contest winnersJul 02, 2020 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Township District Library has named the winners of its 2020 poetry contest. Pretti Singh won in the adult category for "In a Time of Distance," Madison Sc...
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Review: Paul Doiron cranks up a suspenseful, fast-paced plot
Jun 29, 2020 7:00 am - 'œOne Last Lie,'ť by Paul Doiron (Minotaur) Fifteen years ago, a young Maine game warden went undercover to investigate a poaching ring in Maine's north woods and was n...
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Book review: 'Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why' is hilarious and stingingly poignant
Jun 29, 2020 6:00 am - “Nothing is Wrong and Here is Why” by Alexandra Petri (W.W. Norton) The first time I stumbled across an Alexandra Petri column in The Washington Post, I ...