Literature
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Book Review: Elizabeth Strout brings all her favorite Mainers together in ‘Tell Me Everything’
Sep 10, 2024 11:38 am - Full disclosure: Other than a few clips of Frances McDormand as the titular Olive Kitteridge in the 2014 HBO show, “Tell Me Everything” was this reviewer’s first trip to ...
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Oprah Winfrey names Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Tell Me Everything’ as her latest book club pick
Sep 10, 2024 8:31 am - Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick will be a story of familiar faces — in more ways than one. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she had chosen “Tell Me Everything,” the new novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.
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Bestselling author Stephanie Land to speak at ‘COD Presents’ Oct. 10Sep 03, 2024 10:09 pm - Join New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she recounts her powerful story of resilience as a single mother navigating poverty after fleeing a violent home, as part of the "COD Presents" series on Thursday, Oct. 10.
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Book Review: Ellen Hopkins’ new novel ‘Sync’ is a stirring story of foster care through teens’ eyes
Sep 03, 2024 10:29 am - I’m always amazed at how Ellen Hopkins can convey so much in so few words. Her latest novel in verse, “Sync,” does exactly that as it switches between twins Storm and Lake during the pivotal year before they age out of the foster system.
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Fall is bringing fantasy (and romantasy), literary fiction, politics and Taylor-ed book offerings
Aug 29, 2024 5:19 pm - Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the upcoming publishing season, sees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism.” “It’s just the ability to go to another world and relate to other people’s problems.”
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Local businesswoman publishes first book, ‘Thoughts Become Things’Aug 27, 2024 3:21 pm - Northwest suburban resident and businesswoman Melanie Santostefano recently released her first book, “Thoughts Become Things – Six Pillars to Guide You Through Life.”
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Book Review: Technology and chaotic government programs doom family farms in ‘Land Rich Cash Poor’
Aug 27, 2024 9:37 am - Brian Reisinger's “Land Rich Cash Poor” emerges as an anthem to the family farm in America, romanticized despite the never-ending work even in good times, which have been...
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Book Review: ‘Swallow the Ghost’ a promising but uneven exploration of memory in internet ageAug 27, 2024 9:29 am - In many ways, Eugenie Montague’s “Swallow the Ghost” feels like three separate novels. That’s what makes her debut novel so imaginative — and also so frustrating. The sto...
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Book Review: In ‘The Slow Road North,’ a New York writer finds solace in a Northern Irish town
Aug 23, 2024 8:12 am - Can what looks like running away from grief and sadness actually be a way to heal? In “The Slow Road North,” writer Rosie Schaap chronicles her circuitous route from being a New Yorker to finding herself settling down far away in a small town in Northern Ireland.
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Book Review: Former Pentagon insider says U.S. unwilling to release all its UFO info
Aug 23, 2024 8:03 am - A procession of books in recent years have explored the UFO phenomenon but few perhaps with the authority Luis Elizondo brings as a Defense Department insider, laboring for decades to learn who the visitors are, where they are from and what they want.