Literature
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'The Art of the Wasted Day' explores silence and solitude
Apr 17, 2018 7:00 am - "The Art of the Wasted Day" (Viking), by Patricia Hampl Critically praised Patricia Hampl invites readers to take a journey to explore the idea of a life steeped in leis...
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The man who cannot forget returns in Baldacci's 'The Fallen'
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Review: 'Our Little Secret' is remarkable debut by Roz Nay
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Can't visit the library? Let the library visit youApr 16, 2018 11:00 pm - If ever there were a "winter of our discontent," this would be one for Bernice Loehr of St. Charles. Her husband has had vertigo all winter and early spring, so they don...
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Oakton to hold social justice conferenceApr 16, 2018 11:00 pm - A public social justice conference will feature discussions, workshops, live music, art and other activities from 1 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Oakton Community ...
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'Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky' is joltingly vulnerable
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'The Recovering' shatters addiction and recovery myths
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Third-place, visual art: 'Dazed and Confused"Apr 16, 2018 6:00 am - ...
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'Rocket Men' author stops in Highwood ThursdayApr 16, 2018 6:00 am - “Rocket Men” by Robert Kurson, Random House, 384 pages, robertkurson.com/ The first astronauts to orbit the moon ended their 1968 Christmas Eve television broad...
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Third place, poetryApr 16, 2018 6:00 am - They said the first woman was born from the rib of her husband. But I don't think that's true It is just a title born of later incarnations. Because the first woman neve...