Literature
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New book tells the good, bad and ugly of Meadowdale International Raceways in Dundee Twp.Sep 05, 2011 6:00 am - Some of the biggest auto racing legends of the 1950s and 1960s once roared their hot rods around Meadowdale International Raceways in Dundee Township, near Carpentersvil...
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Writers are still trying to out-imagine 9/11Sep 03, 2011 5:11 am - NEW YORK — Ten years later, and our imaginations are still catching up to Sept. 11, 2001. “I don’t think art can ‘compete’ with something like 9/11,” says Jess Walter, w...
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Wells' newest children's book series tackles behaviorial issuesAug 31, 2011 12:00 am - Children's book author and illustrator Rosemary Wells — perhaps best known for her sibling bunny characters “Max and Ruby” of books and television's Nickelodeon — will v...
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Folk Fest fun for everyone returns to Fox ValleyAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Considering a staycation for Labor Day weekend? Then check out the 35th annual Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and Monday,...
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Kids’ activities at the folk festivalAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Don’t even think about leaving the kids home during the Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival. In addition to being able to run around or lie down and enjoy a...
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New Jane Fonda biography full of dramaAug 28, 2011 11:00 pm - For sheer drama, the life of Jane Fonda — 73 years in the making and still going strong — outshines her commendable filmography. True to her subtitle, author Patricia Bo...
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Humorist jazzes up 'Starting From Happy'Aug 26, 2011 5:45 am - Patricia Marx, an alumna of the Harvard Lampoon and “Saturday Night Live,” is a very funny writer. At The New Yorker, she writes the On and Off the Avenue column, where ...
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Mead's new vampire spinoff stands apartAug 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Sydney doesn't have time to worry about pimples or a date to the prom. Instead, she's worried about the vampire princess she's sworn to protect to avoid a civil war that...
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'Flash and Bones' an intriguing puzzleAug 23, 2011 3:00 pm - Kathy Reichs delivers another stellar effort in her Dr. Temperance Brennan forensic series with “Flash and Bones.” The Charlotte Motor Speedway is known for NASCAR, ...
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Author's letter focal point in 'The Help' suitAug 22, 2011 11:00 pm - JACKSON, Miss. — A handwritten letter from author Kathryn Stockett has become the focal point of a lawsuit over her best-selling novel “The Help,” which has been made in...