Literature
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Peter Straub collects creepy short stories in 1 book
Feb 16, 2016 6:00 am - "Interior Darkness" (Doubleday), by Peter Straub If the only mass-market horror writer you've ever read is Stephen King, you owe it to yourself to check out Peter Straub...
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Review: 'The Battle for Room 314' reveals classroom battles
Feb 16, 2016 6:00 am - "The Battle for Room 314" (Grand Central Publishing) by Ed Boland No longer content to support from behind the scenes, Ed Boland takes the admirable, if naive, move from...
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Q&A: Shatner boldly goes into Nimoy friendship in new memoirFeb 15, 2016 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The walls and shelves inside William Shatner's office are covered with the kinds of memorabilia you'd expect from someone who's served for over 50 years as...
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Waterline Writers to feature Chicago author David BernerFeb 14, 2016 10:00 pm - On Sunday, Feb. 21, join Waterline Writers' monthly reading event and experience writers reading their own work - poetry, spoken word, fiction, nonfiction, scenes and mo...
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Author appearances: Kate Hudson talks, signs 'Pretty Happy' in NapervilleFeb 13, 2016 5:00 am - • David Axelrod, political analyst, former chief strategist for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 political campaigns and the institute director at the Institute of Politics ...
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Arts Unlimited contest looking for submissionsFeb 11, 2016 10:00 am - Toni Louise Diol of Arlington Heights has been writing poetry for years, self-publishing a book 10 years ago, which drew a wide audience for her ability to preserve life...
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Literary open mic welcomes local authorFeb 09, 2016 10:00 pm - Lit by the Bridge, a literary open mic reading in Aurora, welcomes Lynne Handy as the featured reader Thursday, Feb. 18, at Culture Stock, 43 E. Galena Blvd. The North A...
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Readers will be forced to deal with tough questions in Lisa Gardner's 'Find Her'
Feb 08, 2016 6:00 am - "Find Her" (Dutton) by Lisa Gardner Lisa Gardner is the master of the psychological thriller and her latest, "Find Her," focuses as much on the step-...
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Reporter Richard Engel covers 2 decades of tumult in the Middle East
Feb 08, 2016 6:00 am - "And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East" (Simon & Schuster), by Richard Engel Regular viewers of television's evening news are sur...
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CLC poetry, Shakespeare events on tapFeb 08, 2016 12:00 am - Poetry and Shakespeare will be celebrated at the College of Lake County at two events sponsored by the CLC Literary Arts Society. The semiannual poetry slam will be pres...