Literature
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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 ...
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An Irish expat in Hong Kong lands in a love triangle in 'Exciting Times'
Jun 28, 2020 7:30 am - "Exciting Times" by Naoise Dolan (Ecco) Back in the days when the envoys of the British Empire made a habit of telling tall tales about far-off places, a...
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Book review: The writer who inspired Sue Grafton - her father - gets a welcome republished mystery novel
Jun 27, 2020 7:27 am - "The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope" by C.W. Grafton (Library of Congress Crime Classics in partnership with Poisoned Pen Press and Source Books) Sue Grafton...
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Constable: To cope with virus, Dr. Bryant pens haikus. All better than this.Jun 27, 2020 1:00 am - In March, the state was shutting down, the nation was in a panic, medical supplies were hard to find, and Dr. Gail Bryant of Arlington Heights needed a way to express al...
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Book review: Elliot Ackerman's latest is a tense tale from Turkey
Jun 24, 2020 6:00 am - “Red Dress in Black & White,” by Elliot Ackerman (Alfred A. Knopf) If you know your Bosphorus from phosphorus and Gezi Park means something to you, you'l...