Literature
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Palatine library book chat Friday on 'To the Bright Edge of the World'Jan 29, 2019 12:00 am - The Palatine Public Library District is scheduled to host a book discussion on "To the Bright Edge of the World" by Eowyn Ivey from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1. The ...
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Ruffin's debut novel is challenging, thought-provoking
Jan 28, 2019 6:00 am - "We Cast a Shadow" (One World), by Maurice Carlos Ruffin A fear-driven, racially charged world is the land in which the narrator of "We Cast a Shadow" lives. Half the bl...
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Book Review: Dismas Hardy returns in 'The Rule of Law'
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Historian discusses 'Team of Rivals' at Elmhurst CollegeJan 27, 2019 10:00 pm - Doris Kearns Goodwin has spent the past five decades studying American presidents, masterfully bringing the force and vitality of their history into our times. The Pulit...
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Book review: The surprises keep coming in 'The Perfect Liar'Jan 27, 2019 6:15 am - “The Perfect Liar” by Thomas Christopher Greene; St. Martin's Press; thomaschristophergreene.com/ The great thing about being an artist, Max tells his students,...
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Book review: Real and emotional prisons flow through 'No Mercy'Jan 26, 2019 6:27 am - "No Mercy" by Joanna Schaffhausen; Minotaur; 320 pages Prisons come in various forms, as Joanna Schaffhausen shows in her second outstanding novel, "No Mercy." Ther...
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Elgin Literary Festival brings authors, readers togetherJan 25, 2019 5:00 am - Four years ago, Karly Kirkpatrick of Elgin created the Elgin Literary Festival as an alternative to Chicago writers' conferences. "I was a local writer and I was finding...
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Elgin Literary Festival brings authors, readers togetherJan 23, 2019 10:00 pm - Four years ago, Karly Kirkpatrick of Elgin created the Elgin Literary Festival as an alternative to Chicago writers' conferences. “I was a local writer and I was finding...
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Review: 'Nowhere Child' is Christian White's stunning debut
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Inclusive book joins all ages in Naperville reading programJan 22, 2019 12:00 am - An oak tree and a crow are two of the main characters in the book chosen for this year's Naperville READS program, but no one is writing off "Wishtree" as a fluffy child...