Literature
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Addison native takes on Robert Ludlum franchiseAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - When Jamie Freveletti used to ride her bike as a child in the summer over the bubbling tar roads in what was then rural Addison, there was an odd-shaped building that al...
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Little City Book Fair opens Friday at HarperAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - It’s time for the annual Little City Foundation Book Fair, Friday through Sunday, Aug. 19-21, at Harper College in Palatine. The nationally renowned used book sale that’...
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'Submission' looks at how 9/11 left U.S. fragmentedAug 16, 2011 12:15 pm - Having chosen a winning design for the World Trade Center memorial, a jury in New York opens the envelope with the architect's name and gets a shock: He is Muslim. Ten y...
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Images: Wizard World Chicago Comic ConAug 12, 2011 1:00 am - ...
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Palatine poety workshop explores obsessionAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - The Northwest Cultural Council announces a Second Saturday Poetry Workshop from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 13, led by Helen Degen-Cohen. Saturday’s topic will be “Giving...
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'Tom Waits' overshadowed by formatAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - Editor and biographer Paul Maher Jr. has commendably followed the impulse to reveal a person in his own words as he culled this collection of profiles, reviews and other...
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Book notes: Brad Thor to sign books in GurneeAug 05, 2011 1:00 am - Ÿ Meet author Saswati Dasas she discusses and signs copies of her book of poetry, #8220;Fragrant Flute of Fire,#8221; at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, at Centuries and Sleuths ...
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Grayslake author puts kids to sleep with best-sellerAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - With a career in graphic design, two children and a household to run, Sherri Rinker never saw herself as a New York Times Bestselling author, but the Grayslake native ad...
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Follow-up to 'Push' provokes, disappointsAug 03, 2011 3:00 pm - At the end of “Push,” the heartbreaking 1996 novel that introduced the character of Precious, baby Abdul represents a glimmer of hope amid the grim landscape of the main...
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'Wanted' targets U.S. military's strategic manhuntsAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - When U.S. Navy SEALs last spring ended a seemingly endless manhunt by killing Osama bin Laden in his hide-out in an affluent suburb north of Pakistan's capital, the worl...