Literature
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Ice-T's memoir is as cool as the authorApr 25, 2011 11:00 pm - A lot of vocalists sing and rap about situations and events they haven't experienced. Ice-T isn't one of them. One of the first “gangsta rappers,” Ice-T rhymed about h...
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Best-sellers: Connelly's 'Fifth Witness' new No. 1Apr 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Publishers Weekly's best-sellers list for the week of April 18: Fiction 1. “The Fifth Witness” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) 2. “The Land of Painted Cave...
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'The Uncoupling' is uncommonly goodApr 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Superbly written, wry yet compassionate, Meg Wolitzer's “The Uncoupling” is uncommonly good. In a pleasant if unexciting New Jersey suburb, the unconventional new drama ...
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Styron's youngest daughter pens revealing memoirApr 20, 2011 11:00 pm - A decade after the publication of his last, lavishly acclaimed novel, “Sophie's Choice,” William Styron wrote about his epic struggle with incapacitating depression. It ...
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Book notes: 'Wicked Bugs' author at Botanic GardenApr 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Ÿ “Heads You Lose” authors Lisa Lutz and David Hayward discuss and sign copies of their mystery book at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 22, at Women and Children First Bookstore...
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Libertyville teacher named kids' favorite by Barnes & NobleApr 20, 2011 12:00 am - Kathleen Lewis from Copeland Manor School in Libertyville District 70 has been named the local winner of the “Barnes & Noble My Favorite Teacher Contest.” Lewis is a fif...
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So long, Peter Parker, red-and-blue Spidey suitApr 18, 2011 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA — A new look and a new suit are in store for Ultimate Spider-Man, but the fate of Peter Parker — the awkward teenager who catches thieves like flies — is st...
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On the cheap: Soap box derby raceApr 14, 2011 12:00 am - ="breakhead">Free Start your soapbox engines! The Greater Chicago Soap Box Association invites youths ages 8 to 17 to take part in the free All-American Soap B...
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Best-sellers: 'Land of Painted Caves' in top spotApr 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Publishers Weekly's best-sellers list for the week of April 11 Fiction 1. “The Land of Painted Caves” by Jean Auel (Crown) 2. “Lover Unleashed” by J.R. Ward (N...
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Book notes: Caroline Kennedy stops at Old OrchardApr 12, 2011 11:00 pm - Ÿ Evanston writer Jay Ambergdiscusses and signs copies of his thriller #8220;America's Fool#8221; at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 15, at The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811...