Literature
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Archie Comics introduces first gay characterApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Riverdale High is getting its first gay character. Archie Comics announced Thursday that in an issue out Sept. 1, the long-running comic will introduce its f...
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Novelist Woodruff returns to Mt. Prospect for book signingApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Nancy Woodruff, author of the recently released novel "My Wife's Affair," will be back home Saturday to read excerpts, answer questions and sign autographs. Woodruff wil...
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Burnett shares laughs, show-biz memories in bioApr 20, 2010 11:00 pm - If you're drawn to the good old days of Hollywood before reality TV, round-the-clock celebrity updates on Twitter, and carefully crafted sound bites approved by publicis...
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19th-century industrial spy stole tea secretsApr 20, 2010 11:00 pm - The plot for Sarah Rose's "For All the Tea in China" seems tailor-made for a Hollywood thriller: An industrial spy hired by the world's largest multinational corporation...
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'Merlin' author T.A. Barron in NapervilleApr 20, 2010 11:00 pm - • Author T.A. Barron reads from and signs copies of his "Merlin's Dragon" and "The Lost Years of Merlin" books at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W....
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Harsh Amazon reviewer unmasked as author's wifeApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - LONDON -- A reviewer signed as "Historian" posted some savage reviews on Amazon's Web pages, but had a weakness for one writer, celebrated author and Russia expert Orlan...
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1933-34 Chicago World's Fair memorabilia show, saleApr 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Freebie Juggling and more Entertainer Mike Vondruska juggles, performs comedy and rides a unicycle in a family program at the Round Lake Area Public Library. 2 p.m. Sund...
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A mother's love and grief for her familyApr 15, 2010 11:00 pm - This is a novel on old-fashioned themes: mother's love and, perhaps even deeper, mother's grief. In the first half of Anna Quindlen's "Every Last One," the many characte...
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Author appearancesApr 15, 2010 11:00 pm - • Meet Jacqueline Winspear, author of "The Mapping of Love and Death," as she reads from and signs copies of her book at 7 p.m. Friday, April 16, at Anderson's Bookshop,...
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New York during WWII: fears, thrills and bustleApr 13, 2010 11:00 pm - "Helluva Town" is a helluva read. Richard Goldstein, who writes for The New York Times, is the author of several books about World War II. For his latest, he takes a lin...