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Book review: 'Vintage Contempoararies' an affectionate ode to '90s New York

By MAE ANDERSON Associated Press
Jan 22, 2023 6:00 am - "Vintage Contemporaries" By Dan Kois (Harper) Emily Thiel, fresh to New York City by way of college and Wausau, Wisconsin, often has her nose stuck in a ...
Book review: Oral history of Rikers Island reveals city's failure

By Jeff Rowe Associated Press
Jan 21, 2023 5:30 am - "Rikers: An Oral History" by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau (Random House) In these times, when people disagree about seemingly everything, just about eve...
Book review: The kids are still not alright in Ellis' 'The Shards'

By Mae Anderson Associated Press
Jan 18, 2023 5:00 am - "The Shards" by Bret Easton Ellis (Alfred A. Knopf) It's the 1980s and rich prep school students in Los Angeles are living the life of absentee parents, fancy cars,...
Book review: Janet Malcolm's quasi-memoir on pictures and memory

By Ann Levin Associated Press
Jan 10, 2023 5:00 am - "Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory" by Janet Malcolm (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) When Janet Malcolm died 18 months ago at 86, her New Yorker coll...
'Music and More' series returns to Norris Cultural Arts Center

By Mark Smith Norris Cultural Arts Center
Jan 09, 2023 10:00 pm - The Norris Cultural Arts Center recently announced a revival of its "Music and More in the Gallery" event series, including two music concerts and two historical portray...
Book review: India's Partition riveting in deeply human debut novel

By DONNA EDWARDS Associated Press
Jan 09, 2023 5:00 am - "The Book of Everlasting Things" by Aanchal Malhotra (Flatiron) Star-crossed lovers. Intoxicating scents. Old war journals containing ghosts and secrets....
Prince Harry accuses Camilla of 'dangerous' leaks to media

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press
Jan 09, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON - Prince Harry has accused his stepmother, Camilla, the queen consort, of leaking private conversations to the media to burnish her own reputation as he promotes ...
Harper professor's new book looks at Illinois statehood

Submitted by Harper College News Bureau
Jan 08, 2023 10:00 pm - A lifelong passion for Illinois history, research, storytelling and teaching is embodied in the new book "Avenues of Transformation, Illinois's Path from Territory to St...
Learn about 'Inciting Joy' with poet Ross Gay Jan. 11

Submitted by Illinois Libraries Present
Jan 05, 2023 10:00 pm - Kick off your new year with a conversation about joy with best-selling essayist and award-winning poet Ross Gay. Ross will discuss his most recent collection of essays,...
Justice Jackson working on a memoir, titled 'Lovely One'

BY HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
Jan 05, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir. Jackson, the first Black woman appointed to the court, is calling the book "Lovely One." "...

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