Literature
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Glimpses of Sam Shepard in 'Day Out of Days'Jan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Images of severed heads recur throughout Sam Shepard's new collection of short stories, "Day Out of Days." Several stories sprinkled throughout the collection deal with ...
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Hands-on sausage class covers stuffing to smokingJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie Sausage-making demo Experience sausage making from start to finish in the hands-on "Stuffin' and Smokin'" program at Kline Creek Farm. Learn how 1890s farm famil...
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Marvel sues to keep Spider-Man, X-Men copyrightsJan 07, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Marvel is suing to keep the rights to superheroes including Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and X-Men. The federal lawsuit filed Friday in Manhattan asks a ju...
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Glen Ellyn author examines the world of the real-life AliceJan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - In her first historical novel, Glen Ellyn author Melanie Benjamin takes readers into the world of the young girl who inspired author Lewis Carroll's classic tale, "Alice...
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Dunne saves his last barbs for the richDec 31, 2009 10:00 pm - You didn't think the grave could possibly silence one of the most famous chroniclers of the rich and famous, did you? Dominick Dunne, the author, television personality ...
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Author appearancesDec 30, 2009 10:00 pm - • Meet New York Times best-selling author Tami Hoag as she reads from and signs copies of her latest thriller, "Deeper Than the Dead," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Bo...
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'The Cracked Ceiling' examines women in politics
Dec 30, 2009 10:00 pm - If you thought the 2008 election was a triumph in the cause of getting a woman closer to the White House, political reporter Anne E. Kornblut begs to differ. In her retr...
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Fossil hunter is subject of Chevalier's new novel
Dec 29, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Tracy Chevalier sits in the Victorian grandeur of London's Museum of Natural History next to the skeletal remains of a giant eye, the shape and size of a pinea...
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'Becoming Jane Eyre' shows spirit's triumph
Dec 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Charlotte Bronte was a dutiful daughter of the Victorian age. Her best-known character, Jane Eyre, endures as a woman who transcends time and social order. How Charlotte...
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'Friendly Fire' author Bryan dies in Conn. at 73
Dec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. -- C.D.B. Bryan, whose 1976 book "Friendly Fire" about the accidental death of a soldier in Vietnam struck a chord with disillusioned Americans, has died...