Literature
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Love proves graceful, profound in 'Rosie Colored Glasses'
Feb 20, 2018 6:00 am - "Rosie Colored Glasses: a Novel" (Mira), by Brianna Wolfson Rex has no desire to twirl with Rosie through an antique shop, and Rosie isn't the type to stay in bed on Sun...
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Tina Alexis Allen's storytelling proves riveting in memoir
Feb 20, 2018 6:00 am - "Hiding Out: a Memoir of Drugs, Deception, and Double Lives" (Dey Street Books), by Tina Alexis Allen Tina Alexis Allen grew up harboring a secret from her 12 older sibl...
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Enter creative works in District 214 Arts Unlimited contestFeb 19, 2018 10:00 pm - The story has been updated to reflect the correct name, Arts Unlimited Community Art & Writing contest. Also, it has been updated to reflect the new deadline for sub...
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Chicago authors to appear at Oakton's Chicago Writers SeriesFeb 18, 2018 10:00 pm - Join Chicago area influential authors Bob Boone and Richard Reeder for a special reading at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Oakton Community College's Skokie campus, 7701...
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'Look for Me' reveals how love and hope can overcome allFeb 17, 2018 6:22 am - A horrible crime prompts a hunt for the sole survivor who is either extremely lucky - or perhaps the perpetrator - in Lisa Gardner's latest psychological thriller, "Look...
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Author events: Award-winning authors to speak at Children's Lit BreakfastFeb 17, 2018 6:00 am - Meet Emily E. LB. Twarog, assistant professor of history and labor studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, when she talks about her new book, “Politi...
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'Poison' by John Lescroart is a marvelous mysteryFeb 16, 2018 5:00 am - Thoughts of retirement for attorney Dismas Hardy have to be put on hold when a former client begs for his help in "Poison," John Lescroart's latest thriller. Abby Jarvis...
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Review: 'Poison' by John Lescroart is a marvelous mystery
Feb 13, 2018 6:00 am - "Poison: a Novel" (Atria), by John Lescroart Thoughts of retirement for attorney Dismas Hardy have to be put on hold when a former client begs for his help in "Poison," ...
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Review: Tom Miller's novel turns gender roles upside down
Feb 13, 2018 6:00 am - "The Philosopher's Flight" (Simon & Schuster), by Tom Miller Rarely does a novel begin with rollicking fierceness that grabs readers from its opening lines and doesn't l...
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Best-selling YA author to make a special stop at Elburn libraryFeb 12, 2018 10:00 pm - New York Times best-selling author Samira Ahmed just released the groundbreaking young adult book "Love, Hate & Other Filters." Ahmed's highly anticipated debut novel ha...