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Book review: 'Wild and Crazy Guys' explores nature of stardom itself

By Douglass K. Daniel Associated Press
Jun 23, 2019 7:29 am - "Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever" by Nick de Semlyen; Crown Archetype; 352 pages Our favorite funnymen of the 19...
Book review: Love your neighbor? Not in Louise Candlish's novel

By Oline H. Cogdill Associated Press
Jun 22, 2019 7:28 am - "Those People" by Louise Candlish; Berkley; 368 pages Oh, those people - those boorish, inconsiderate people who move into a nice, quiet neighborhood and have no re...
Elgin Shakespeare Project presents unrehearsed 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Courtesy of Janus Theatre
Jun 19, 2019 1:00 am - Elgin Shakespeare Project will present Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" unrehearsed at the Elgin Artspace Lofts, 51 South Spring St., in downtown Elgin. Perform...
Review: Book 'Wild and Crazy Guys' stars '80s film funnymen

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Jun 18, 2019 7:00 am - "Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever" (Crown Archetype), by Nick de Semlyen Our favorite funnymen of the 1980s reached ...
'Smokelore' is a tasty history of barbecue, food and culture

By DON SCHANCHE JR.
Jun 18, 2019 7:00 am - "Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America" (University of Georgia Press), by Jim Auchmutey A great deal could be written about barbecue, and much of it already ...
Perceptive plot fuels emotional 'Her Daughter's Mother'

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Jun 18, 2019 7:00 am - "Her Daughter's Mother: a Novel" (Putnam), by Daniela Petrova For some couples, the plan to have a child becomes an all-consuming quest when they are faced with infertil...
Review: Novel dissects divorce with sharp, funny scalpel

By BROOKE LEFFERTS
Jun 18, 2019 7:00 am - "Fleishman Is in Trouble" (Random House), by Taffy Brodesser-Akner There was once a time when becoming a doctor or marrying one was an ideal measure of success. But "Fle...
Author forcefully builds the tension in 'Those People'

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Jun 17, 2019 7:00 am - "Those People" (Berkley), by Louise Candlish Oh, those people - those boorish, inconsiderate people who move into a nice quiet neighborhood and have no respect for those...
Review: Love your neighbor? Not in Louise Candlish's novel

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Jun 17, 2019 7:00 am - "Those People" by Louise Candlish (Berkley) Oh, those people_those boorish, inconsiderate people who move into a nice, quiet neighborhood and have no respect for those w...
Book Review: Celebrating the songs of America

By JERRY HARKAVY
Jun 17, 2019 7:00 am - "Songs of America" (Random House), by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw From the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to the Gettysburg Address and landmark Supreme...

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