Literature
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'Where Wild Things Are' author Maurice Sendak diesMay 08, 2012 9:00 am - NEW YORK - Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the ...
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Lucy Kincaid is back in compelling 'Silenced'May 08, 2012 6:00 am - An FBI trainee ends up over her head when she helps investigate a congressional sex scandal in "Silenced," the latest in the Lucy Kincaid series by Allison Brennan. Luc...
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Libraries join in Free Comic Book DayMay 03, 2012 8:07 am - The first Saturday in May each year is Free Comic Book Day, and besides local comic book shops, several Northwest suburban libraries are also participating. Ÿ The Mount ...
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Book notes: Cassandra Clare signs at NCC's Pfeiffer HallMay 03, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Author and award-winning blogger Jill Smokler reads from and signs copies of her book “Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood” at 7 ...
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Deer Park writer’s business book earns national honorMay 01, 2012 11:35 am - Nancy Shepherdson, a writer from Deer Park has won an honorable mention in the national American Society of Journalists and Authors awards for her book, “Built on Values...
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Actress Sissy Spacek writes tender, touching bookMay 01, 2012 6:00 am - Actress Sissy Spacek's autobiography is as tender and touching as many of her best movie roles. Granted, there's not much tender or touching about “Carrie” (1976). One o...
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Men are fans, too, of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’Apr 28, 2012 7:42 am - NEW YORK — They’re young and old, doctors and churchgoers, gay and straight — and those are just the MEN who have devoured oh-so-naughty “Fifty Shades of Grey,” an eroti...
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Book notes: Marilu Henner discusses new book in GurneeApr 26, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Photographer Robert Shaw and renowned Abraham Lincoln historian Michael Burlingame discuss their book, “Abraham Lincoln Traveled This Way: The America Lincoln Knew,” a...
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Gregg Allman postponing book tour for heart testsApr 25, 2012 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Poor health hasn't robbed Gregg Allman of his sense of humor. Just as it seemed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member was finally over the effects of ...
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Holocaust survivor shares gritty story in WheelingApr 25, 2012 7:47 pm - Holocaust survivor speaks to middle school students in Wheeling