Literature
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Dentist, AT&T to open in new Algonquin buildingJan 08, 2017 10:00 pm - Many of you spent a lot of time along Randall Road this holiday season, getting all of your last-minute shopping and returning done. And as you drove back and forth on a...
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Call for entries for 'Poets in Resistance' readingJan 08, 2017 10:00 pm - The Social Justice Committee of the Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5603 Bull Valley Road in McHenry, will sponsor "Poets in Resistance," a public read...
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Constable: 'Ordinary doc' from Wheaton tells of miraculous medical talesJan 08, 2017 6:00 am - Just because he believes in the power of traditional medical science doesn't mean longtime Wheaton internist Dr. Scott Kolbaba can't embrace a faith in powers beyond tha...
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Author events: Clinton Kelly signs new book at North Central in NapervilleJan 07, 2017 6:22 am - • Lisa F. Smith, author of "Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir," discusses her book at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at The Book Stall, 811 Elm St., Winnetka. (847) 446-8...
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Review: 'The Lost City of the Monkey God' by Douglas Preston
Jan 04, 2017 6:00 am - "The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story" (Grand Central Publishing), by Douglas Preston To pigeonhole Douglas Preston a true-crime author is a gross understatemen...
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Review: 'The Beautiful Dead' by Belinda Bauer
Jan 04, 2017 6:00 am - "The Beautiful Dead" (Atlantic Monthly Press), by Belinda Bauer Art, obsession and the pull between one's professional life and personal life make a searing background f...
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Teen writers to be featured at Waterline Writers Jan. 15Jan 03, 2017 10:00 pm - Waterline Writers will feature poets from the Teen Writers and Artists Project at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water St. in Batavia. It will b...
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Review: Fisher's 'The Princess Diarist' doesn't dish enough
Dec 12, 2016 6:00 am - "The Princess Diarist" (Blue Rider Press), by Carrie Fisher "I've spent so many years not telling the story of Harrison and me having an affair on the first 'Star Wars' ...
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Police detective Karen Pirie returns in 'Out of Bounds'
Dec 12, 2016 6:00 am - "Out of Bounds" (Grove Atlantic), by Val McDermid Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie has always been a workaholic. But now immersion in her work doesn't just give her...
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Teen Writers and Artists Project to be featured at Waterline WritersDec 11, 2016 10:00 pm - Waterline Writers will feature storyteller Kimberly Gotches and showcase many of the writers in the Teen Writers and Artists Project, plus director Diana Zwinak and teac...