Literature
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Book review: Birdsong offers 3 powerful portraits of womanhood
Feb 08, 2022 8:00 am - "Nobody's Magic" by Destiny O. Birdsong (Grand Central Publishing) Destiny O. Birdsong's "Nobody's Magic" tells three separate stories, each centering on...
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Review: Book recalls '64 coast-to-coast adventure in a bus
Feb 08, 2022 6:00 am - 'œCronies'ť by Ken Babbs (Tsunami Press) Author Ken Kesey, flush with cash from the publication of 'œOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,'ť filled an aging, broken-down scho...
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Review: Birdsong offers 3 powerful portraits of womanhood
Feb 08, 2022 6:00 am - 'œNobody's Magic'ť by Destiny O. Birdsong (Grand Central Publishing) Destiny O. Birdsong's "Nobody's Magic" tells three separate stories, each centering on a Black albin...
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Book review: Joanna Schaffhausen sets standard for serial killer novels
Feb 08, 2022 5:00 am - "Last Seen Alive" by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur) When Joanna Schaffhausen first introduced FBI Special Agent Reed Markham and Boston police officer El...
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Virtual event with Jennifer Chiaverini, author of 'The Women's March'Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - The League of Women Voters of the Palatine Area will host a virtual author event with bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, who will discuss her new novel, "The Women'...
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ECC Writers Center Spring Reading Series kicks off Feb. 10 with author Hugh RyanFeb 07, 2022 10:00 pm - The Writers Center at Elgin Community College will host three authors for the Spring 2022 Reading Series. Due to ongoing social distancing practices, the events will tak...
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Review: A wise, witty memoir on 'divine tedium' of marriage
Feb 07, 2022 6:00 am - 'œForeverland,'ť by Heather Havrilesky (Ecco) Dear AP book reviewer: I thought I was doing OK with the pandemic, but the recent surge of COVID-19 cases has really got m...
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Review: Chuck Klosterman deep dives into 'The Nineties'
Feb 07, 2022 6:00 am - 'œThe Nineties'ť by Chuck Klosterman (Penguin Press) Few things make a book reviewer feel older than reading a book - words on actual tree pulp, bound together with a ha...
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Book review: Allende's 'Violeta' an epic South American tale
Feb 07, 2022 5:00 am - "Violeta" by Isabel Allende (Random House) Chilean writer Isabel Allende's latest novel is "Violeta," an epic tale that transports readers across a centu...
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Good News Sunday: Courtney Kiolbassa named 2021 Advocate Good Shepherd Nurse of the YearFeb 06, 2022 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: In middle school, Courtney Kiolbassa saw...