Literature
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Best bets: Ariana Grande plays United Center, Rob Thomas returns to RaviniaJun 03, 2019 6:00 am - Three-ring spectacle The touring Garden Bros. Circus sets up for six shows with clowns, aerialists, horse riders and more on Monday and Tuesday at the Lake County Fairgr...
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How Dr. Seuss' 'Oh, the Places You'll Go' became a graduation-gift clicheJun 01, 2019 7:27 am - We have read it on a boat. We have read it with a goat. We have read it here and there. We have read it everywhere. All over the country, hardworking students are walk...
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Book review: Danger, beauty, suspense in 'The River's' wildernessJun 01, 2019 7:27 am - "The River" by Peter Heller; Alfred A. Knopf; 272 pages This novel about two Dartmouth College students on a canoe trip gone badly awry is partly an ode to the Nort...
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Veteran concert photographer shows exhibit at Elgin Artspace GalleryMay 29, 2019 11:00 pm - Back in 1972, The Who proclaimed "long live rock, be it dead or alive." As far as photographer Jim Summaria and writer Mark Plotnick are concerned, rock is very much ali...
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Review: Danger, beauty, suspense in 'The River's' wilderness
May 28, 2019 7:00 am - "The River," by Peter Heller (Alfred A. Knopf) This novel about two Dartmouth College students on a canoe trip gone badly awry is partly an ode to the Northern wildernes...
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Review: Danger, beauty, suspense in 'The River's' wilderness
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Book review: 'Star-Crossed' is 'Love Actually' meets the horoscopesMay 28, 2019 6:00 am - "Star-Crossed: A Novel" by Minnie Darke; Crown; 368 pages A journalist once considered adjusting her newspaper's horoscope to help an astrology-devoted f...
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The 20 books to read this summerMay 27, 2019 7:17 am - Maybe you're headed on vacation this summer and you have an important decision to make based on the precious real estate in your suitcase: What books do you pack? We've ...
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Book review: The creator of 'Hannibal' returns with new monsterMay 27, 2019 7:06 am - "Cari Mora" by Thomas Harris; Grand Central; 320 pages In Thomas Harris' new novel, Cari Mora escaped a violent past and now lives in Miami. She can stay...
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Book review: In Owen Laukkanen's latest, a dog unites strangersMay 26, 2019 7:27 am - "Deception Cove" by Owen Laukkanen; Mulholland Books; 384 pages It would be easy for Owen Laukkanen's superb "Deception Cove" to evolve into just a dog s...