Literature
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Review: America's graveyards reveal surprises, segregation
Oct 04, 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 t...
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Book review: Celeste Ng's 'Our Missing Hearts' conjures up a dystopian future
Oct 04, 2022 6:00 am - "Our Missing Hearts" by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press) Celeste Ng takes us into a dystopian future where people are judged on their embrace of American "customs and traditio...
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Review: 'Our Missing Hearts' conjures up dystopian future
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - 'œOur Missing Hearts,' by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press) Celeste Ng takes us into a dystopian future where people are judged on their embrace of American "custo...
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Review: A novel becomes a metaphor for race and class hatred
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - 'œJackal' by Erin E. Adams (Bantam) Something sinister lurks in the woods enveloping the fading industrial town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. If you sense its...
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Chicago stop part of Bono's book tour
Oct 03, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Bono's next tour will be without U2 and without a new album to support. He will instead be promoting his memoir "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story," which comes ...
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Book review: Coming up for air in Strout's pandemic voyage
Sep 30, 2022 11:00 pm - "Lucy by the Sea" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) Returning to characters of previous novels, Elizabeth Strout folds them into COVID-19's twist of fate in "Lucy by th...
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Wheaton author to join Prairie Path Books' 'Whiskey, Beer, and History' eventSep 29, 2022 11:00 pm - On Thursday, Oct. 6, Prairie Path Books is welcoming Wheaton author and Navy SEAL Ben Milligan for a "Whiskey, Beer, and History" event to promote his new book, "By Wate...
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Review: 'The Fall Guy' accurately portrays police procedures
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - 'œFall Guy'ť by Archer Mayor (Minotaur) A Mercedes sedan, stolen a few days earlier in New Hampshire, is found abandoned in Vermont. It is crammed with stolen goods from...
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Review: A Montana private detective faces two mysteries
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - 'œTreasure State'ť by C.J. Box (Minotaur) Former police officer turned Montana private detective Cassie Dewell has two bizarre mysteries on her hands. First off, a weal...
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Book review: 'Less Is Lost' a funny and affecting U.S. road trip
Sep 26, 2022 6:00 am - "Less Is Lost" by Andrew Sean Greer (Little, Brown) Andrew Sean Greer's "Less Is Lost" is the highly anticipated follow up to his 2018 Pulitzer Prize-win...