Literature
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Book Review: Kate Quinn returns with ‘The Briar Club,’ a murder mystery during the 1950s Red Scare
Jul 09, 2024 8:17 am - If you’ve never read a Kate Quinn novel, there’s no time like the present. Or like the 1950s in Washington, D.C. That’s the setting for Quinn’s “The Briar Club,” which is a murder mystery wrapped up in the stories of multiple women who rent rooms at a boarding house during the height of Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare.
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Book Review: ‘Loving Sylvia Plath’ attends to polarizing writer’s circumstances more than her work
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Book Review: ‘John Quincy Adams’ gives the sixth president’s life the sweep and scope it deservesJul 01, 2024 11:43 am - To be clear, Randall Woods’ “John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People” is not a leisurely read. Clocking in at more than 700 pages, Woods’ biography of the sixth president is massive in both length and scope. But that’s the type of book Adams deserves.
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Book Review: ‘Hey, Zoey’ uses questions about AI to look at women’s autonomy in a new light
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Book Review: Yume Kitasei explores space in a heist-driven action adventure novel
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Book Review: Serena Kaylor’s ‘Calculation’ proves predictable romance can be uproarious, nail-biting
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Book Review: ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ tells a tale of modern love and success
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Griffin Dunne finds balance between madcap Hollywood adventures and family tragedy in new memoir
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Cantigny Book Talk to be on ‘Nature is Our Country Club’Jun 13, 2024 8:49 pm - For his newest book “Nature Is Our Country Club: How Golf Explains Sustainability In a Changing World,” North Aurora author Christopher Cudworth spent four years researching the golf industry's economic and environmental realities as courses face changes due to climate change.
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West Chicago Public Library District resident named finalist in statewide writing competitionJun 13, 2024 3:16 pm - The Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project Manuscript competition recently announced this year’s finalists: • “Nicky” by Hailey Atwood (West Chicago Public Library D...