Literature
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Dolan's debut 'Bad Things' is mostly good
Jul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - David Loogan, a man with a mysterious past, settles in Ann Arbor, Mich. He gets a job as an editor and befriends his boss, Tom Kristoll, publisher of Gray Streets, a mys...
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Radio reporter turned teacher learns lessons from the kidsJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Former radio reporter Dave Berner started a new career while his father was dying from cancer and his marriage was falling apart. The saving grace to that troubled time ...
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Author Delaney, actress Rinna signing books in Oak BrookJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - • Author Bob Delaney discusses and signs copies of his book "Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob" at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at Barnes and Noble Oakbrook Center, 297...
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'Angela's Ashes' author Frank McCourt dies in NYC at 78
Jul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-...
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'Best Friends Forever' not Weiner's best book
Jul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Addie Downs and Valerie Adler became BFFs when they were both 9. Then something happened. And, as it goes with so many best friends, it was TTYN -- talk to you never. Je...
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'Best Friends Forever' author in LincolnshireJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - • Meet author Linda Himelstein as she discusses and signs copies of her book, "The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov & the Upheaval of An Empire," at 2 p.m. Sund...
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Author Frank McCourt gravely ill, brother says
Jul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Frank McCourt is gravely ill with meningitis and is unlikely to survive, the author's brother said Thursday. Malachy McCourt said that his 78-year-old brothe...
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Former star of 'The Hills' tops N.Y. Times best-seller list
Jul 14, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Lauren Conrad wants to be known as more than just the former star of MTV's "The Hills." And now she is. Her first book for teens, "L.A. Candy" (HarperCollins...
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Some final words coming from George Carlin
Jul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Some final thoughts are coming from George Carlin. Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, said Tuesday that the comedian's book "Last Words" will be pub...
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Reporter's fiction debut torn from the headlines
Jul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Real estate agent and single mom Mary Guevara is preparing for work when U.S. marshals suddenly show up at her door. The next thing the heroine of "Sweet Mary" knows, sh...