Literature
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Today's Recommended Read: "Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins ReidMay 07, 2020 6:00 am - "Daisy Jones The Six" is not a book I normally would choose on my own. It was my book club's selection for last month, a lighter, last-minute substitution for what we'd...
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Today's Recommended Read: "The Music Shop" by Rachel JoyceMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - In Rachel Joyce's "The Music Shop," Frank Adair's vinyl record shop is part of a cozy, quirky community of shopkeepers, and personally, he is well-insulated from the ris...
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Today's Recommended Read: "Crazy River" by Richard GrantMay 06, 2020 5:06 am - Teeming with man-eating crocodiles, killer hippopotamuses and deadly diseases, the Malagarasi River in Tanzania is the title subject of Richard Grant's 2011 release "Cra...
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Today's Recommended Read: "Frankenstein" by Mary ShelleyMay 05, 2020 6:00 am - Imagine 18-year-old Mary Shelley agreeing to a story-writing contest in 1816 while she summered in Switzerland with her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and his friend Lord ...
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'Secret Chicago' author to discuss unique Chicago sites during online book chat WednesdayMay 04, 2020 6:00 am - Can a Cleveland transplant teach Chicagoans about surprising aspects of the Windy City? Writer and photographer Jessica Mlinaric thinks so with her new book “Secret Chic...
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Today's Recommended Read: 'Shotgun Lovesongs' by Nickolas ButlerMay 04, 2020 5:45 am - Gathering for beers at the VFW hall where Bob Seger plays on the jukebox and the bartender was your elementary school lunch lady. Lazing on the porch with good friends, ...
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Val Kilmer's 'I'm Your Huckleberry' offers a scatterbrained journey into his idiosyncratic head space
May 03, 2020 7:00 am - “I'm Your Huckleberry” by Val Kilmer (Simon & Schuster) Val Kilmer acknowledges early in “I'm Your Huckleberry,” his absorbing but uneven memoir, that sp...
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Today's Recommended Read: "Grandma Gatewood's Walk" by Ben MontgomeryMay 02, 2020 8:00 am - You just won't believe "Grandma Gatewood's Walk" by Ben Montgomery: This nonfiction book will make you laugh and think and will compel you to tell people about it. Emma...
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Fox Valley educator, author shares his vision for family learningMay 01, 2020 6:00 am - For the better part of two decades, William Russell made the pitch through a newspaper column that parents should extend learning beyond school walls by educationally en...
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Today's Recommended Read: "The Gene: An Intimate History" by Siddhartha MukherjeeApr 30, 2020 5:30 am - Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Gene: An Intimate History" is a wonderful book to read at any time. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it may have even greater appeal. The book i...