Literature
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Review: A look at civil rights cases in `Race Against Time'
Feb 25, 2020 6:00 am - "Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era,'ť Simon and Schuster, by Jerry Mitchell As the court reporter for the Clarion-L...
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What's the difference between a president and a king?Feb 25, 2020 5:00 am - Countries worldwide vary in their government systems, with the heads of governments going by various titles. Nine-year-old Miles was visiting the Little Free Library on...
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McHenry High grad and author encourages students to be persistentFeb 24, 2020 10:00 pm - Jessica Stilling Sticklor, 2001 McHenry High School graduate and author, traces her early interest in writing back to being a student at Riverwood Elementary School in M...
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Women of Bethel United Church of Christ to host annual Spring Tea April 25 in ElmhurstFeb 24, 2020 10:00 pm - On Saturday, April 25, the Women of Bethel will hold their 22nd annual Spring Tea at 12:30 p.m. in the Bethel United Church of Christ's Welcome Center, 315 E. St. Charle...
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Book review: Pinborough's 'Dead to Her' has myriad unusual twistsFeb 24, 2020 5:00 am - "Dead to Her" by Sarah Pinborough; Morrow; 400 pages Sarah Pinborough skirts the edge of a soap opera as her third novel delves into a morass of marital ...
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Writers gathering at Vernon Area Public LiraryFeb 23, 2020 12:00 am - The Vernon Area Public Library will host a support group for writers on March 12. You can share work, meet fellow writers, get constructive feedback and discuss the publ...
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Book review: 'The Second Chance Club' is a compelling storyFeb 22, 2020 6:28 am - "The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison" by Jason Hardy; Simon & Schuster; 288 pages "The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Pri...
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Book review: 'No Bad Deed' is assured debut by Heather ChavezFeb 22, 2020 6:25 am - "No Bad Deed" by Heather Chavez; William Morrow; 320 pages Heather Chavez's debut starts with an explosive beginning that quickly spirals into a tense fa...
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If that audiobook voice sounds familiar, check your theater programFeb 22, 2020 6:25 am - WASHINGTON - When actress Helen Hedman wrapped up a holiday run of the Ken Ludwig adaptation of "Murder on the Orient Express" at the Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, she ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Lisel Mueller, who wrote from Lake County, dies
Feb 22, 2020 12:00 am - Lisel Mueller fled Germany at 15 and came to America, where she wrote in her poem "Curriculum Vitae": "In the new language everyone spoke too fast. Eventually I caught u...