Literature
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Review: Imagining a power takeover by a right-wing cabal
Sep 06, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Unfolding,'ť by A.M. Homes (Viking) If you ever wondered who was behind the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, pick up a copy of A.M. Homes' new novel, 'œThe Unfolding.'...
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Review: Reimagining the fate of a doomed Renaissance duchess
Sep 06, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Marriage Portrait,'ť by Maggie O'Farrell (Knopf) Stories of high-born girls confined to castles, forced to marry young, and pressured to have sons or die trying ar...
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Review: 'Like, Comment, Subscribe' looks at YouTube's rise
Sep 06, 2022 7:00 am - 'œLike, Comment, Subscribe,'ť Mark Bergen (Viking) YouTube has become such a part of daily life and popular culture in its 17-year history that it's easy to forget how s...
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Book review: 'Misfit' reporter drawn to 'woman who lived as man'
Sep 03, 2022 7:20 am - "Diary of a Misfit" by Casey Parks (Alfred A. Knopf) Growing up gay in rural Louisiana, Casey Parks always felt like a misfit. When she came out as a les...
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Book review: 'The Darkness of Others' tells twisted pandemic tale
Aug 30, 2022 6:00 am - "The Darkness of Others" by Cate Holahan (Grand Central Publishing) The pandemic has lasted long enough for pandemic-era novels to come out - Louise Erdr...
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Review: `Misfit' reporter drawn to 'woman who lived as man'
Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDiary of a Misfit,'ť by Casey Parks (Alfred A. Knopf) Growing up gay in rural Louisiana, Casey Parks always felt like a misfit. When she came out as a lesbian in coll...
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Review: 'The Darkness of Others' tells twisted pandemic tale
Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Darkness of Others,'ť by Cate Holahan (Grand Central Publishing) The pandemic has lasted long enough for pandemic-era novels to come out - Louise Erdrich and Jodi ...
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'The Ghosts of Hero Street' tells the remarkable story of 57 unheralded Mexican-American soldiers from Silvis, IllinoisAug 28, 2022 11:00 pm - The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park continues its "Date with History" series with acclaimed author Carlos Harrison on Thursday, Sept. 1. At 7 p.m., he will discus...
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Book review: Debut novel 'Perish' handles trauma with grace, grit
Aug 27, 2022 7:20 am - "Perish" by LaToya Watkins (Tiny Reparations Books) When a family's matriarch is on her deathbed, they all gather back to Jerusalem, Texas, the hometown ...
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Submissions for COD's Fall 2022 Prairie Light Review due Sept. 22Aug 24, 2022 11:00 pm - Prairie Light Review, a juried magazine produced twice per year by student editors at College of DuPage, is currently accepting submissions from college and community me...