Literature
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Rushdie crafts modern masterpiece in 'The Golden House'
Sep 05, 2017 7:00 am - "The Golden House" (Random House), by Salman Rushdie If you read a lot of fiction, you know that every once in a while you stumble upon a book that transports you, telli...
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Author events: Annie Hartnett talks 'Rabbit Cake' in Lake ForestSep 02, 2017 7:22 am - • Meet Mark Lukach, author of "My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward: A Memoir," at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3, at Anderson's Bookshop, 26 S. La Grange Road, La Grange. The event...
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N. Korea threatens S. Korean reporters over book review
Aug 31, 2017 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Thursday vowed to execute reporters from two South Korean newspapers, saying they insulted the country's dignity while reviewing...
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Fox Lake author signing debut novel ThursdayAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - Fox Lake author Sergio Rivera will be signing copies of his debut science-fiction novel "My Uncle went to Earth and All I Got Is …" from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at Primo I...
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Book Review: Parenthood and tech meet in 'To Siri With Love'
Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - "To Siri With Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son and the Kindness of Machines" (HarperCollins), by Judith Newman Technology has often gotten a bum rap for ushering humans ...
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Book Review: Julia Keller tackles heroin in 24-hour crisis
Aug 28, 2017 7:00 am - "Fast Falls the Night" (Minotaur) by Julia Keller An ongoing theme in Julia Keller's superior series about Raythune County prosecutor Bell Elkins is how these West Virgi...
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Book Review: How Nora Ephron's comedies rebooted the rom-com
Aug 28, 2017 7:00 am - "I'll Have What She's Having: How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy" (Hachette), by Erin Carlson Did writer and director Nora Ephron really save...
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Author events: Bernie Sanders talks 'Political Revolution' at Aurora's ParamountAug 26, 2017 7:24 am - • Local author Burt Levy signs copies of novels from his "The Last Open Road" series from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, by the racing car display at the Geneva Conc...
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Superhero love still strong as Wizard World Comic Con Chicago hits RosemontAug 23, 2017 6:00 am - Will superheroes ever go the way of vampires? Way back in the first decade of this century, love-struck vampires ruled the pop-culture roost, thanks in large part to th...
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Historical thriller takes readers back to turbulent era
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 am - "The Saboteur: a Novel" (Minotaur), by Andrew Gross An engineer from Oslo attempts to disrupt the Nazi war machine at the height of World War II in "The Saboteur," the l...