Literature
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Review: 'Red at the Bone' is Woodson's dazzling new novel
Sep 16, 2019 7:00 am - "Red at the Bone" (Riverhead Books), by Jacqueline Woodson Jacqueline Woodson begins her dazzling new novel, "Red at the Bone," with an afterthought, in the middle of th...
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Foner writes timely new book on Reconstruction amendments
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Race, family and history converge in 'Heaven, My Home'
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Book review: Stephen King returns with 'The Institute'Sep 15, 2019 7:25 am - "The Institute" by Stephen King; Scribner; 576 pages; stephenking.com/ The kids are all right again, in Stephen King's world. Not since part one o...
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Best bets: Fiesta Ravinia in Highland Park, Salman Rushdie discusses new book in NapervilleSep 15, 2019 7:00 am - Mexican commemoration Celebrate Mexican Independence Day early with Fiesta Ravinia. The Sunday event at the Ravinia Festival concludes with a live Chicago Philharmonic p...
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Free preparatory workshops offered for National Novel Writing MonthSep 14, 2019 11:00 pm - Every year, hundreds of thousands of people take the plunge and become an author during November. If you've always wanted to write a novel, this is the year to try Nati...
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Book review: 'The Only Plane in the Sky' is compelling history of 9/11Sep 14, 2019 7:31 am - "The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11" by Garrett M. Graff; Avid Reader Press; 512 pages People born at least a quarter-century ago probabl...
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Amazon criticized over racist reviews of soccer star's book
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Schaumburg writer's book tells of inspirational amputees. So does golf tournament.Sep 14, 2019 1:00 am - Every story is different. Some are steeped in tragedy. Some move you to tears. Some are almost impossible to believe. All inspire beyond words. Michigan's Tracy Ramin lo...
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Christian author Jim Wallis to speak in NapervilleSep 11, 2019 10:00 am - Politics and Christianity are increasingly strange bedfellows, and best-selling Christian author and activist Jim Wallis has taken note. As the author of the megasellin...