Literature
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New book gives Doris her dayJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - David Kaufman comes right to the point at the start of his life of Doris Day: "Day has been largely and unfairly neglected by cultural arbiters." Day's career is not som...
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A sci-fi publishing odyssey
Jul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - PALATINE - Arthur C. Clarke's health was failing fast, but he still had a story to tell. So he turned to fellow science fiction writer Frederik Pohl, and together the lo...
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Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell'
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Diagnosis shapes family ties in 'The Condition'Jul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - "Happy families are all alike," Tolstoy famously observed in "Anna Karenina," but "every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Unless, of course, you're dealing wit...
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French artist inspires local author's bookJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Miles Harvey wrote a book about a man who wouldn't speak with him, and now he's written another, but this time the subject has a convenient excuse: He lived and died alm...
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Harris goes straight in latest novel
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Kay Ryan is named poet laureate
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Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope'
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Hilarious 'Shining City' sparkles with nonstop funJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Marcus Ripps, the protagonist of Seth Greenland's smart, hilarious second novel, is a decent guy spinning the wheels of his life. He's production manager of Wazoo Toys i...
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Vampires at midnight! Parties for last 'Twilight'