Literature
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Freemasons await Dan Brown novel 'The Lost Symbol'
Sep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The lodge room of the Naval Masonic Hall is a colorful and somewhat inscrutable sight for the nonmember, with its blue walls, Egyptian symbols, checkered f...
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'American on Purpose': Craig Ferguson's new memoir
Sep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Just who does this chap think he is? Craig Ferguson, by his own account, is a Scotsman with a brogue and excellent teeth. A former punk-rock drummer. A recovering alcoho...
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Arlington Hts. dad turns dinner chats into 'Guide to Life' bookSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Dinner at the Rosenbaum house was never quick. Until the kids moved out, the Arlington Heights family of four used dinnertime as a time to talk - often for hours - about...
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'Hook & Jill' author coming to NapervilleSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - • Meet author Andrea Jones as she reads from and signs copies of her novel "Hook & Jill," a grown-up vision of "Peter Pan," at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Borders, 336...
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Frank Bruni dissects his food obsession
Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Obsessive relationships are often the meat and potatoes of autobiography. But for Frank Bruni, meat and potatoes ARE the obsession. Along with a never-ending parade of o...
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New novel, new movies in works for writer Sparks
Sep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- So many projects, so much success. That's the theme of the life of novelist Nicholas Sparks, whose latest novel, "The Last Song," ($24.99, Hachette Book...
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Geneva's annual Festival of the Vine about to beginSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Festival of the Vine Sip the best of the vine at many wine tastings, stroll through a flower market, and view the arts and crafts show during Geneva's ...
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Geiger's 'Third Man Factor': Help when you need it
Sep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Some call it a guardian angel, some call it divine intervention, others say it's a hallucination. Whatever it's called, people in life-or-death situations commonly say t...
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'Gate at the Stairs' is Moore in top form
Sep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - The author of acclaimed short-story collections "Birds of America" and "Like Life," Lorrie Moore has a well-deserved reputation as a master of that form, with powers of ...
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'Await Your Reply' asks what makes identity true
Sep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - It's a loaded question: Who are you? The lies, delusions, carefully selected memories, ambitions and wary truths that can answer that question are the subject of Don Cha...