Literature
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David Sedaris seeks catharsis in 'Calypso'
May 29, 2018 7:00 am - "Calypso" (Little, Brown and Co.), by David Sedaris "Though there's an industry built on telling you otherwise, there are few real joys to middle age." So begins David S...
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'Gray Ghost' by Cussler and Burcell is rip-roaring story
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Review: 'The Great Revolt' offers insight into Trump support
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Review: New novel fleshes out Jean Rhys' troubled life
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Cohen hilariously tackles work-life balance in 'The Glitch'
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Two couples navigate infidelity, chaos in 'Little Disasters'May 28, 2018 7:00 am - “Little Disasters” by Randall Klein; Viking; 352 pages The shared birthday of their sons initially connects Michael and Rebecca to Paul and Jenny. While the women l...
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Author events: Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham stops in Naperville SundayMay 27, 2018 7:31 am - Jon Meacham: 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 27, at Ratio Hall, Science Center, 131 S. Loomis St., on the campus of North Central College in Naperville. Pulitzer Prize-winning bio...
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'Reading Takes You Everywhere' this summer at the Algonquin libraryMay 24, 2018 11:00 pm - Let reading take you everywhere this summer, as the Algonquin Area Public Library District presents its annual summer reading program June 1 through July 31. Cardholder...
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He overcame a horrific childhood. Now his story is a movie.May 24, 2018 5:00 am - YouTube #8220;I was trying to write a story not of tragedy, but of triumph,#8221; says Pemberton, 50, whose first, foggy memory of life is the day he was taken from his ...
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Stephen King goes inside mind of new evil in 'The Outsider'May 22, 2018 6:00 am - “The Outsider” by Stephen King; Scribner; stephenking.com/ ; 576 pages Stephen King's new novel, “The Outsider,” opens with witness interviews in a typew...