Literature
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Review: New novel fleshes out Jean Rhys' troubled life
May 29, 2018 7:00 am - "A View of the Empire at Sunset" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Caryl Phillips Novelist Jean Rhys is best known for her lyrical masterpiece "Wide Sargasso Sea," in whic...
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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...
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Book says stop feeling embarrassed by how much you love reality TVMay 21, 2018 6:00 am - "Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV," by Lucas Mann, Vintage, 272 pages No genre endures more disparagement than reality television. Detractors claim it's emp...
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Author events: Jill Osborn discusses 'Accessing the Media' at Naperville's Anderson'sMay 20, 2018 7:29 am - Jessica Knoll: p.m. Sunday, May 20, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville, (630) 355-2665, andersonsbookshop.com/. Meet Jessica Knoll when she presen...
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Jane Hawk continues quest in 'The Crooked Staircase'May 20, 2018 7:26 am - "The Crooked Staircase" by Dean Koontz; Bantam; 512 pages Jane Hawk continues her quest to bring down a vast conspiracy in "The Crooked Staircase" by Dean Koontz, a...