Literature
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Programs at Gail Borden library? They're still on for kids and adults — via Facebook LiveMar 18, 2020 1:00 am - As Melissa Bernasek read a passage from Jack London's “Call of the Wild” in the nursery of her Elgin house, she was not alone. Hundreds of adults were watching online a...
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Dave Matthews was inspired by his daughters to write a novelMar 17, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - For his debut novel, Dave Matthews found inspiration close to home. He was recording music in New Orleans years ago when he started imaging the story of "If W...
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What now? Facing life without the entertainment worldMar 17, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Overheard as the entertainment world stalled in response to the coronavirus outbreak: "What are we gonna do now, read books?" That's exactly what Pamela Milam...
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Book review: 'Daisy Cooper's Rules for Living' makes readers think about dying in a new wayMar 17, 2020 6:00 am - "Daisy Cooper's Rules for Living" by Tamsin Keily, HarperCollins, 336 pages Due to a clerical error made by Death himself, 23-year-old Daisy Cooper dies decades bef...
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Book review: 'The Jetsetters' is story of a dysfunctional familyMar 16, 2020 6:00 am - "The Jetsetters: A Novel" by Amanda Eyre Ward, Ballantine Books Family vacations abroad can be an experience of a lifetime for some families. For others,...
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Book review: Author Anne Kim writes about America's 'lost youth'Mar 16, 2020 6:00 am - "Abandoned: America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection" by Anne Kim, The New Press In 2017, the Social Science Research Council said 4.5 millio...
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Book review: New NUMA Files story is a nonstop thrill rideMar 15, 2020 7:29 am - "Journey of the Pharaohs" by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown; Putnam; 400 pages In 1074 B.C., an Egyptian fleet heads out to sea and vanishes from sight a...
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From 'The Outsider' to 'It,' the joys — and challenges — of adapting Stephen King
Mar 14, 2020 7:30 am - Most Stephen King fans know his work exists in two worlds. First, there's the page, where images of psychotic, otherworldly clowns, reanimated pet corpses, the ghosts of...
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Book review: 'Blackwood' is solid noir novel set in kudzu countryMar 14, 2020 7:26 am - "Blackwood" by Michael Farris Smith; Little, Brown; michaelfarrissmith.com/ A foul, scrawny man in a broken-down Cadillac seems to have run out of...
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Ella's Friends to host annual book sale April 2-5 in HampshireMar 12, 2020 11:00 pm - Ella's Friends, the support group for the Ella Johnson Memorial Library in Hampshire, will be holding it annual book sale from April 2-5. The sale will be held at the H...