Literature
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Poets to speak at Oakton's Chicago Writers SeriesMar 19, 2017 11:00 pm - Join Chicago area influential poets and educators Jamila Woods and Kevin Coval for a special reading at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, at Oakton Community College's Footlik...
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9 new things to check out this spring in the city, suburbsMar 19, 2017 7:15 am - Spring time, fling time. Soon enough, the weather will warm and you'll be excited again to get out of the house. What's there to do? Plenty - from touring productions ...
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Author events: Food blogger Joy Wilson presents new cookbook March 25 in ChicagoMar 18, 2017 7:18 am - • "I Heart You" author Meg Fleming signs copies of her book at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 19, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. For a place in the sig...
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'The Girl on the Train' author coming to NapervilleMar 15, 2017 1:00 am - Author Paula Hawkins, who wrote "The Girl on the Train," is scheduled to appear this spring in Naperville to promote her new novel, "Into the Water." Hawkins is set to s...
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New novel imagines Lincoln amid ghosts after son's death
Mar 13, 2017 7:00 am - "Lincoln in the Bardo" (Random House), by George Saunders Days after his son Willie's death, Abraham Lincoln returned alone, late at night, to his 11-year-old's crypt. I...
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Funny, first novel about freshman love at Harvard
Mar 13, 2017 7:00 am - "The Idiot" (Penguin Press), by Elif Batuman "The Idiot," Elif Batuman's beautifully written first novel, is a wry, funny coming-of-age story set at the dawn of email am...
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Review: 'Roanoke Girls' is storytelling at its finest
Mar 13, 2017 7:00 am - "The Roanoke Girls" (Crown), by Amy Engel Best known for her young adult novels, Amy Engel makes a strong foray into adult fiction with a gripping tale about the power a...
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Laukkanen's brisk pacing gives urgency to 'Forgotten Girls'
Mar 13, 2017 7:00 am - "The Forgotten Girls" (Putnam), by Owen Laukkanen The frigid northwest provides a fitting background for "The Forgotten Girls," Owen Laukkanen's sixth chilling police pr...
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Author events: Hear Renée Rosen discuss 'Windy City Blues' in GurneeMar 11, 2017 6:19 am - • "Big Lonesome" writer Joseph Scapellato signs copies of his book at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 12, at Anderson's Bookshop, 26 S. La Grange Road, La Grange. For a place in th...
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Author to visit ECC for Writers Center Reading Series event April 27Mar 08, 2017 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College will welcome Mai Der Vang to the Writers Center Reading Series on Thursday, April 27. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Building H Arts Center...