Literature
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Author, 85, credits Daily Herald with giving her a push to start her writing careerFeb 03, 2023 5:00 am - Her tenure at the Daily Herald was only two years in the early 1970s. But 85-year-old Frances Altman of Baltimore, Maryland, still points to that time in the Arlington H...
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Aurora University to host presidential historian in 'A Conversation with Doris Kearns Goodwin'Feb 02, 2023 10:00 pm - Aurora University will host a presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author on Tuesday, March 14. Continuing spring main stage events in the school's 2022-23 ...
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Neighbors in the news: ECC English professor wins Book of the Year for Indie FictionFeb 02, 2023 5:00 am - • The Chicago Writers Association has honored Christina Marrocco, an associate professor of English at Elgin Community College, with its 2022 Book of the Year Award for ...
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Geneva Unitarian's Inclusion Book Club to host conversation on racismFeb 01, 2023 10:00 pm - The Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva's Inclusion Book Club invites members of the community to join them in reading and discussing "So You Want to Talk About Rac...
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Wheaton seventh-grader's story selected for publication by New York Times best-selling authorJan 31, 2023 10:00 pm - New York Times best-selling author Adam Rubin is visiting the Waldorf School of DuPage in Warrenville on Friday, Feb. 10. Rubin will talk about the creative writing proc...
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ECC's Christina Marrocco wins the Chicago Writers Association 2022 Book of the Year for Indie FictionJan 29, 2023 10:00 pm - Christina Marrocco, Ph.D., associate professor of English at Elgin Community College, is the 2022 winner of the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award for In...
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Book review: Dean Koontz's latest thriller misses the mark
Jan 24, 2023 5:00 am - "The House at the End of the World" by Dean Koontz (Thomas & Mercer) Like the "fusions" that terrify the main characters, Dean Koontz's new thriller feel...
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Book review: 'Vintage Contempoararies' an affectionate ode to '90s New York
Jan 22, 2023 6:00 am - "Vintage Contemporaries" By Dan Kois (Harper) Emily Thiel, fresh to New York City by way of college and Wausau, Wisconsin, often has her nose stuck in a ...
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Book review: Oral history of Rikers Island reveals city's failure
Jan 21, 2023 5:30 am - "Rikers: An Oral History" by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau (Random House) In these times, when people disagree about seemingly everything, just about eve...
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Book review: The kids are still not alright in Ellis' 'The Shards'
Jan 18, 2023 5:00 am - "The Shards" by Bret Easton Ellis (Alfred A. Knopf) It's the 1980s and rich prep school students in Los Angeles are living the life of absentee parents, fancy cars,...