Literature
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Immigration lands on 2017 Suburban Mosaic topic listFeb 12, 2017 12:00 am - The Suburban Mosaic Book of the Year program started 14 years ago to promote cross-cultural understanding through literature, amid the changing face of suburban communit...
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Author events: Meet 'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan in Chicago, Glencoe Feb. 13Feb 11, 2017 6:00 am - “Fraulein M.” author Caroline Woods signs copies of her novel at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at Anderson's Bookshop, 26 S. LaGrange Road, LaGrange. For a place in the signi...
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What people are reading right nowFeb 10, 2017 5:00 am - Some read paperback thrillers while cuddling under warm bed covers. Some stretch out in the La-Z-Boy and digest a new analysis of World War II on their Nooks. Yet others...
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Fiction-writing seminar at Schaumburg libraryFeb 09, 2017 12:00 am - Fiction writers of all levels are welcome to attend "How to Create Powerful Heroes and Villains" from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, in the Program Room of the Schaumbu...
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Writers Center Reading Series to feature ECC faculty Feb. 16Feb 08, 2017 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College faculty members Bill Akers, Eckhard Gerdes, Kristen Hren and Glenn Joshua will be featured during the Writers Center Reading Series on Thursday, ...
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Review: "All Our Wrong Todays" by Elan Mastai
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - "All Our Wrong Todays" (Dutton), by Elan Mastai What if the world we know today is actually a dystopian society? Could the reason we don't live like the Jetsons be attri...
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Book Review: 'Work Pause Thrive' by Lisen Stromberg
Feb 06, 2017 6:00 am - "Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career" (BenBella Books), by Lisen Stromberg It's no secret that working parents have a difficult ti...
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Review: Robert B. Parker's 'Revelation'
Feb 06, 2017 6:00 am - "Robert B. Parker's Revelation" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Robert Knott The late Robert B. Parker made a career - a very successful, almost 40-year one - out of a series o...
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Book Review: 'Under the Knife' by Kelly Parsons
Feb 06, 2017 6:00 am - "Under the Knife" (St. Martin's Press), by Kelly Parsons Kelly Parsons' new medical thriller delivers an engrossing story about revenge, grief, technology and hospital p...
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Author events: Veronica Roth discusses new book Feb. 9 in NapervilleFeb 04, 2017 6:00 am - • Young adult authors B.T. Gottfred (“The Nerdy and the Dirty”) and Gretchen McNeil (“I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl”) discuss their new novels at 1 p.m. Sunday, Fe...