Literature
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Review: Nick Hornby has affable romp in 'Dickens and Prince'
Nov 15, 2022 6:00 am - 'œDickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius,'ť by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Books) Nick Hornby has been writing about pop culture since the 1990s, most famously his ...
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Review: Steve Martin slips with funny but thin movie memoir
Nov 15, 2022 6:00 am - 'œNumber One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions,'ť by Steve Martin with drawings by Harry Bliss (Celadon): Between the covers of this surprisingly th...
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Book review: 'The Revolutionary' chronicles key Founding Father
Nov 13, 2022 6:00 am - "The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams" by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown and Co.) Aside from the namesake beer, Samuel Adams in many ways feels like the forgotte...
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Book review: Cormac McCarthy returns with cryptic 'The Passenger'
Nov 12, 2022 4:00 am - "The Passenger" by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf) It's been 16 years since Cormac McCarthy released "The Road" and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction,...
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Review: New novel explores the life-changing power of art
Nov 07, 2022 6:00 am - 'œNow Is Not the Time to Panic,'ť by Kevin Wilson (Ecco) For the past 25 years the bestselling author Kevin Wilson has repeated to himself a semi-poetical, semi-nonsens...
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Review: Movie fans will roar, growl over '50 MGM Films' book
Nov 07, 2022 6:00 am - 'œThe 50 MGM Films that Transformed Hollywood: Triumphs, Blockbusters, and Fiascos,'ť by Steven Bingen (Lyons Press) The title of film historian Steven Bingen's new book...
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Book review: 'It's Not TV' a revealing account of HBO's rise and challenges
Nov 05, 2022 11:00 pm - “It's Not TV: The Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO” by Felix Gillette and John Koblin (Viking) Streaming and on-demand services are so commonplace nowa...
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Book review: A Texas cop solves murder of a woman with a secret
Nov 05, 2022 7:00 am - "Murder at the Jubilee Rally" by Terry Shames (Severn House) Samuel Craddock, the amiable police chief of mythical Jarrett Creek, Texas, is good at his j...
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Retired police chief to sign her book at Aurora Historical Society Nov. 8Nov 03, 2022 11:00 pm - Retired police chief Kristen Ziman returns to her hometown of Aurora on Tuesday, Nov. 8, for a book signing at the Aurora Historical Society gift shop in the Pierce Art ...
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Best Bets: David Sedaris, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bono, Smashing Pumpkins, Gin BlossomsNov 01, 2022 6:00 am - Randy Rainbow live Musical satirist Randy Rainbow treats guests to his “The Pink Glasses Tour,” complete with hilarious songs, personal stories and his take on current e...