Literature
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Poet Kevin Coval will give reading at OaktonNov 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...
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Book review: Lucy Ellmann's 'Ducks, Newburyport' is brilliant, addictiveNov 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 ...
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Book by anonymous Trump official portrays a presidency on the brink
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...
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Glenbard Parent Series to host author of 'I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter' Nov. 20Nov 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...
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Review: Fine biography focuses on Brando's internal struggle
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...
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Lucy Ellmann's 'Ducks, Newburyport' is brilliant, addictive
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...
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Author believes Dist. 200 canceled Wheaton school visit due to LGBTQ content; officials cite procedural issueNov 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...
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Read author's letter to Wheaton Warrenville District 200 after her school visit was canceledNov 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...
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'Mighty Justice' chronicles life of civil rights activist
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...
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Review: Martin Cruz Smith's latest novel disappoints
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...