Literature
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'Ophelia Cut' is tense, intricateMay 12, 2013 6:00 am - A young woman makes a bad decision and her father ends up a murder suspect in “The Ophelia Cut,” John Lescroart's latest courtroom drama featuring defense attorney Disma...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald dead, but not forgottenMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Has-beens in Hollywood usually stay that way. Yet one writer who died there nearly forgotten 73 years ago had one of the most remarkable posthumous revival...
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Book notes: Meet local mystery writer SaturdayMay 10, 2013 6:00 am - Ÿ Sherri Duskey Rinker, author of the best-selling picture books for children “Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site” and “Steam Train, Dream Train,” signs copies of he...
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Glen Ellyn Dist. 41 parents debate pulling ‘Wallflower’ from school shelvesMay 09, 2013 4:25 pm - Some say a book eighth-graders were reading at Glen Ellyn’s Hadley Junior High School is a relatable coming-of-age tale with important messages about individuality and m...
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A backstage look at 'Mary Tyler Moore Show'May 08, 2013 6:00 am - Jennifer Keishin Armstrong examines the creation of television's “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” which defined a generation, in “Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted.” Using...
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'VJ' tells of sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll at MTVMay 07, 2013 6:00 am - Long before Snooki, there was music. It seems quaint to remember a time when Americans didn't have cable TV, before music videos and reality stars, but the original MTV ...
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Half Price Books now open for business in AlgonquinMay 06, 2013 1:00 pm - A new bookstore now is open in the former Borders Books location along the Randall Road corridor in the Algonquin Commons Shopping Center. Half Price Books opened last m...
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Maya Angelou honors mom, grandmother in new bookMay 05, 2013 4:49 am - NEW YORK — Writer, actor, dancer. Activist, teacher, composer. In the mélange of Maya Angelou’s 85 years is also daughter, of two women who deserved one with a good memo...
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Dark but funny turns in new derelict mom booksMay 04, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — These moms curse a lot, drink to excess, reveal scary truths and draw twisted little stick figures of their kids pooping and whining relentlessly. And this Mo...
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'Woman Upstairs' about obsessive love, lies and videoMay 04, 2013 6:00 am - “The Woman Upstairs” by Claire Messud (Alfred A. Knopf) Nora Eldridge is “the woman upstairs” in the title of Claire Messud's new novel — “the quiet woman at the en...