Literature
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Award-winning author visits McHenry High SchoolFeb 15, 2024 6:46 pm - Matt de la Peña, a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for his book “Last Stop on Market Street,” never would have imagined he’d be speaking...
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Stephen and Evie McGee Colbert collaborate on cookbook ‘Does This Taste Funny?’
Feb 15, 2024 8:05 am - Stephen Colbert's next book is very much about stirring the pot. Celadon Books announced Thursday that “The Late Show” host and his wife, Evie McGee Colbert, have collaborated on the cookbook “Does This Taste Funny: Recipes Our Family Loves," to be published on Sept. 17.
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Book review: Richard Roper charms and surprises with ‘This Disaster Loves You’
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Author, scholar Randal Jelks to give Martin Luther King Jr. lecture Feb. 14Feb 08, 2024 11:54 pm - In February of 2017, Randal Maurice Jelks, an award-winning author, documentary filmmaker and professor at the University of Kansas, came to Elmhurst University to give t...
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Naperville author to be featured at the ‘Twice in a Lifetime’ Eclipse Festival in AprilFeb 08, 2024 11:23 pm - When author Liz Bockelman attended Chester, Illinois’ first “Twice in a Lifetime” eclipse festival in 2017, her friend and lifetime Chester resident Brenda Owen suggeste...
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Book review: ‘Almost Surely Dead’ is a smart supernatural thriller for a stormy nightFeb 06, 2024 9:42 am - In her third novel, “Almost Surely Dead,” Amina Akhtar departs from trends and fashion to sink deep into a missing-person mystery with humorous cynicism and an increasingly creepy edge.
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Book review: George Pelecanos’ ‘Owning Up’ has elegant prose and well-drawn charactersFeb 05, 2024 10:37 am - Although George Pelecanos has devoted much of his energy toward writing for television in recent years ("The Wire," “The Duce,” “We Own This City”), he has continued to p...
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Wheaton bookstore’s new location offers ‘cozy and homey feeling’Feb 01, 2024 7:00 pm - Cookbooks and cooking events have been a keystone of Sandy Koropp’s 10-year journey as owner of Prairie Path Books in Wheaton. So the possibility of having a full kitchen...
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‘It’s pretty much about my life’: Teen writes children’s book to raise awareness of eating disorders
Jan 30, 2024 8:31 pm - Fifteen-year-old Bella Miller has become a children’s book author after being inspired to prevent others from struggling with an eating disorder like she does. The Lakes Community High School freshman wrote “Food is Fuel: Eating = Energy!”
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Grayslake author presents children’s book about pets and discriminationJan 30, 2024 11:13 am - Randi Moxi, a children’s book author who writes stories about rescue dogs, is touring Chicago area schools with her book “A Pittie Pool Party” to teach children about bullying and discrimination.