Literature
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Unger’s ‘Heartbroken’ is a heartbreakerJul 04, 2012 6:00 am - Lisa Unger, author of “Fragile” and “Darkness, My Old Friend,” masterfully writes of the joys and frustrations of family life in her latest novel, “Heartbroken.” Eve...
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Cover of new J.K. Rowling book revealedJul 03, 2012 9:32 pm - LONDON — Publishers have released the cover of the J.K. Rowling novel set for worldwide release in September. “The Casual Vacancy” will be the Harry Potter author’s firs...
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'The Risk Agent' crackles with suspenseJul 03, 2012 6:00 am - A kidnapping on the streets of Shanghai propels two people into a conspiracy in “The Risk Agent,” Ridley Pearson's latest thriller. A man named Lu Hao witnesses a crime ...
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R. Kelly autobiography vivid despite guarded toneJul 02, 2012 11:00 am - Let's get this out of the way up front: R. Kelly's autobiography does not discuss what really happened with the sex tape that almost sent him to prison. It does not incl...
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Growing Up With Nora EphronJun 30, 2012 8:00 am - When I was in high school in the 1970s, I would steal my parents' copy of Esquire before they could get it, turn to the table of contents, and reconfirm my fervent desir...
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Book notes: Meet baseball great Andre DawsonJun 29, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Recently retired Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood signs copies of his new book, “All You Can Be: Learning & Growing Through Sports,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 29...
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'Batman 'producer explains his road to film successJun 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Michael Uslan recalled a cold night in January 1966 to a rapt audience at Harper College. Uslan, 13 at the time, was eagerly anticipating a watershed moment in his life:...
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Cronkite book excels at telling it the way it wasJun 27, 2012 6:00 am - Memo to bloggers: Earning the title “most trusted man in America” doesn't happen overnight. For longtime “CBS Evening News” anchor Walter Cronkite, decades spent reporti...
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First Folio season to include 'Poe' revivalJun 26, 2012 11:00 pm - First Folio Theatre in Oak Brook has announced its lineup for the 2012-13 season. First on the docket is a revival of executive director David Rice's critical hit “The ...
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Nora Ephron, writer-filmmaker, dies at 71Jun 26, 2012 6:00 pm - NEW YORK — Among the injustices about the death of Nora Ephron is that she isn't around to tell us about it. "She was so, so alive," says her friend Carrie Fisher. "It m...