Literature
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Writers can learn secrets of great beginnings at Schaumburg eventApr 10, 2018 1:00 am - Writers of all genres and experience levels are invited to attend "Great Beginnings: How to Hook Readers and Keep Them Turning the Pages" during the American Christian F...
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Five writers to be featured at April 15 Waterline WritersApr 09, 2018 11:00 pm - Authors John Arends, David W. Berner, Christopher Kuhl, Donna Pucciani and Frank Rutledge will be featured at the next Waterline Writers event at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 15...
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Review: Berenice Abbott's remarkable life in photography
Apr 09, 2018 7:00 am - "Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography" (W.W. Norton), by Julia Van Haaften The word gutsy doesn't even begin to describe the great 20th-century photographer Berenice A...
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Review: Book on film 'Giant' a window into 1950s Hollywood
Apr 09, 2018 7:00 am - "Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film" (St. Martin's Press), by Don Graham No matter what you think...
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Review: Jo Nesbo's 'Macbeth' is recast of Shakespeare play
Apr 09, 2018 7:00 am - "Macbeth" (Hogarth), by Jo Nesbo "Macbeth" is a modern-day drug-war, power-struggle, double-cross, lawmen-versus-gangsters recast of Shakespeare's Scottish play, "Macbet...
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'The Female Persuasion' tackles timely topicsApr 09, 2018 6:00 am - "The Female Persuasion: a Novel" by Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead Books In the first 15 pages of Meg Wolitzer's new novel, a college student is groped against her will, s...
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Sloane Crosley releases hilarious, relatable book of essaysApr 08, 2018 7:00 am - “Look Alive Out There: Essays” by Sloane Crosley, MCD/FSG, 256 pages, sloanecrosley.com/ Established writer and best-selling author Sloane Crosley...
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Author events: Meet Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie at book launch lunchApr 08, 2018 7:00 am - Gigi Priebe: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 8, at the Lake Forest Book Store, 662 N. Western Ave., Lake Forest, (847) 234-4420 or lakeforestbookstore.com/. Meet the chi...
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Loretta Nyhan sifts through chaos of life in 'Digging In'
Apr 03, 2018 7:00 am - "Digging In: a Novel" (Lake Union Publishing), by Loretta Nyhan For the majority of her life, Paige depended on one person. Her husband was her rock, her equal and the o...
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Author starts living character's life in 'True Fiction'
Apr 03, 2018 7:00 am - "True Fiction" (Thomas & Mercer), by Lee Goldberg In Lee Goldberg's "True Fiction," Ian Ludlow has reached a high level of success as an author as his series character C...