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Poet Kevin Coval will give reading at Oakton

Daily Herald report
Nov 10, 2019 12:00 am - Northbrook native and Glenbrook North High School alumnus Kevin Coval will read selections from his collection of poetry 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at Oakton Community C...
Book review: Lucy Ellmann's 'Ducks, Newburyport' is brilliant, addictive

By Donna Liquori Associated Press
Nov 09, 2019 6:26 am - "Ducks, Newburyport" by Lucy Ellmann; Biblioasis When you mention to people that you're reading a nearly 1,000-page book that's mostly one sentence, the ...
Book by anonymous Trump official portrays a presidency on the brink

Philip Rucker The Washington Post
Nov 08, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Senior Trump administration officials considered resigning en masse last year in a "midnight self-massacre" to sound a public alarm about President Donald T...
Glenbard Parent Series to host author of 'I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter' Nov. 20

By Peg Mannion Glenbard District 87
Nov 06, 2019 10:00 pm - On Wednesday, Nov. 20, the Glenbard Parent Series Navigating Healthy Families will host an author event with Erika Sánchez. The author of the bestseller “I Am Not Your P...
Review: Fine biography focuses on Brando's internal struggle

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Nov 06, 2019 6:00 am - "The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando," Harper, by William J. Mann Marlon Brando made no apologies for being an iconoclast and living and loving as he chose, even s...
Lucy Ellmann's 'Ducks, Newburyport' is brilliant, addictive

By DONNA LIQUORI
Nov 06, 2019 6:00 am - "Ducks, Newburyport," Biblioasis, by Lucy Ellmann When you mention to people that you're reading a nearly 1,000-page book that's mostly one sentence, the reaction is odd...
Author believes Dist. 200 canceled Wheaton school visit due to LGBTQ content; officials cite procedural issue

By Katlyn Smith
Nov 06, 2019 12:00 am - A children's book author is upset and disappointed that Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 abruptly canceled her visit to an elementary school for what she believes a...
Read author's letter to Wheaton Warrenville District 200 after her school visit was canceled

Daily Herald report
Nov 06, 2019 12:00 am - Author Robin Stevenson wrote an open letter to Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 after officials canceled her school visit. Here's what it said, edited for newspaper...
'Mighty Justice' chronicles life of civil rights activist

By JENNIFER FORKER
Nov 05, 2019 6:00 am - "Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights," Algonquin Books, by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe Some life stories are too important to be relegated to dusty hist...
Review: Martin Cruz Smith's latest novel disappoints

By GENINE BABAKIAN
Nov 05, 2019 6:00 am - "The Siberian Dilemma: An Arkady Renko Novel," Simon & Schuster, by Martin Cruz Smith It's been 38 years since Martin Cruz Smith's "Gorky Park" was released, introducing...

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