Literature
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Author, scholar Randal Jelks to give Martin Luther King Jr. lecture Feb. 14Feb 08, 2024 11:54 pm - In February of 2017, Randal Maurice Jelks, an award-winning author, documentary filmmaker and professor at the University of Kansas, came to Elmhurst University to give t...
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Naperville author to be featured at the ‘Twice in a Lifetime’ Eclipse Festival in AprilFeb 08, 2024 11:23 pm - When author Liz Bockelman attended Chester, Illinois’ first “Twice in a Lifetime” eclipse festival in 2017, her friend and lifetime Chester resident Brenda Owen suggeste...
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Book review: ‘Almost Surely Dead’ is a smart supernatural thriller for a stormy nightFeb 06, 2024 9:42 am - In her third novel, “Almost Surely Dead,” Amina Akhtar departs from trends and fashion to sink deep into a missing-person mystery with humorous cynicism and an increasingly creepy edge.
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Book review: George Pelecanos’ ‘Owning Up’ has elegant prose and well-drawn charactersFeb 05, 2024 10:37 am - Although George Pelecanos has devoted much of his energy toward writing for television in recent years ("The Wire," “The Duce,” “We Own This City”), he has continued to p...
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Wheaton bookstore’s new location offers ‘cozy and homey feeling’Feb 01, 2024 7:00 pm - Cookbooks and cooking events have been a keystone of Sandy Koropp’s 10-year journey as owner of Prairie Path Books in Wheaton. So the possibility of having a full kitchen...
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‘It’s pretty much about my life’: Teen writes children’s book to raise awareness of eating disorders
Jan 30, 2024 8:31 pm - Fifteen-year-old Bella Miller has become a children’s book author after being inspired to prevent others from struggling with an eating disorder like she does. The Lakes Community High School freshman wrote “Food is Fuel: Eating = Energy!”
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Grayslake author presents children’s book about pets and discriminationJan 30, 2024 11:13 am - Randi Moxi, a children’s book author who writes stories about rescue dogs, is touring Chicago area schools with her book “A Pittie Pool Party” to teach children about bullying and discrimination.
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Batavia Public Library goes sci-fi for One Book, One Batavia 2024 selectionJan 29, 2024 5:23 pm - The Batavia Public Library goes all-in on 1980s pop culture and vintage video games with this year’s science fiction selection for One Book, One Batavia. This year’s choi...
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Book review: ‘Clover Hendry’s Day Off’ is an infectious, Ferris Bueller-inspired 24-hour adventureJan 29, 2024 11:58 am - What starts as a normal Thursday quickly transforms into, well, not a normal Thursday. Something’s in the air — and maybe also inside that pill Clover Hendry took — and t...
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Book review: ‘Come and Get It’ takes readers back to school, blending gossip with weightier themesJan 29, 2024 9:55 am - It’s always fun to read books that take you back to your formative years. Kiley Reid’s sophomore novel, “Come & Get It,” is set in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the state un...