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Harper College hosts conference on famed Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac

Daily Herald report
Nov 01, 2022 1:00 am - Harper College is partnering with the Beat Studies Association to present The Jack Kerouac Centenary this Thursday and Friday. The free event will feature a variety of K...
Review: 'It's Not TV' account of HBO's rise and challenges

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œIt's Not TV: The Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO'ť by Felix Gillette and John Koblin (Viking) Streaming and on-demand services are so commonplace nowadays, one can ...
Review: 'Someday, Maybe' earnestly embodies widow's grief

By DONNA EDWARDS
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œSomeday, Maybe'ť by Onyi Nwabineli (Graydon House Books) 'œSomeday, maybe'ť is a phrase that noncommittally encapsulates hopes and fears alike. It's a response that la...
Review: 'The Revolutionary' chronicles key Founding Father

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Revolutionary: Samuel Adams'ť by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown and Co.) Aside from the namesake beer, Samuel Adams in many ways feels like the forgotten Founding Fa...
Review: Cormac McCarthy returns with cryptic 'The Passenger'

By ROB MERRILL
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Passenger'ť by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf) It's been 16 years since Cormac McCarthy released 'œThe Road'ť and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, cementing h...
Book review: 'Ted Kennedy' a sweeping account of senator's life

By Andrew Demillo Associated Press
Oct 30, 2022 7:00 am - "Ted Kennedy: A Life" by John A. Farrell (Penguin Press) In his new biography of Ted Kennedy, John A. Farrell describes a letter Joseph Kennedy sent his ...
Book review: America's graveyards reveal surprises, segregation

By Jeff Rowe Associated Press
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - "Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries" by Greg Melville (Abrams Press) It turns out that America's graveyards are much more than...
Book review: How Meacham's Lincoln defeated 'Big Lie' of his day

By Douglass K. Daniel Associated Press
Oct 28, 2022 6:00 am - "And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle" by Jon Meacham (Random House) Fun fact: Feb. 12, 1809, is the birth date for both Abraham Lincoln a...
Review: Caricatures are real draw of Kevin Nealon's new book

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
Oct 25, 2022 7:00 am - 'œI Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame'ť by Kevin Nealon (Abrams Books) It's not exactly a surprise that Kevin Nealon is a talented guy. After all, he is an accomplished s...
Review: 'Ted Kennedy' sweeping account of senator's life

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Oct 24, 2022 7:00 am - 'œTed Kennedy: A Life,'ť by John A. Farrell (Penguin Press) In his new biography of Ted Kennedy, John A. Farrell describes a letter Joseph Kennedy sent his youngest son ...

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