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McHenry High School starts a new Writers Week tradition

By Amy Maciaszek McHenry High School District 156
Feb 16, 2022 10:00 pm - McHenry High School was buzzing with words last week from the inaugural Writers Week celebration of writing and literature that was punctuated by the annual Poetry Slam ...
Review: Sheila Heti offers a story strained by the surreal

By AMANCAI BIRABEN
Feb 16, 2022 6:00 am - 'œPure Colour,'ť by Sheila Heti (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) A world determined by death and desire drives Sheila Heti's 'œPure Colour.'ť Interwoven by narrative, theory a...
Palatine High's Advancement of Black Leaders display features student art, inspirational words

By Eileen O. Daday
Feb 15, 2022 5:00 am - Palatine High's Advancement of Black Leaders display features student art, inspirational words
Book review: Chuck Klosterman deep dives into 'The Nineties'

By Rob Merrill Associated Press
Feb 15, 2022 5:00 am - "The Nineties" by Chuck Klosterman (Penguin Press) Few things make a book reviewer feel older than reading a book - words on actual tree pulp, bound toge...
Review: Boss-level girl revolution '~Smile and Look Pretty'

By DONNA EDWARDS
Feb 14, 2022 6:00 am - 'œSmile and Look Pretty'ť by Amanda Pellegrino (Park Row) Enter Cate's office. It's where she thought she'd be vetting out the next Great American Novel. Instead, Cate's...
Review: Tessa Hadley pens subtle, seductive novel of '60s

By ANN LEVIN
Feb 14, 2022 6:00 am - 'œFree Love,'ť by Tessa Hadley (HarperCollins) The 1960s are an easy punching bag. In her 1968 essay collection 'œSlouching Towards Bethlehem,'ť Joan Didion borrowed a ...
Book review: A wise, witty memoir on 'divine tedium' of marriage

By Ann Levin Associated Press
Feb 12, 2022 6:20 am - "Foreverland" 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 ...
Book review: Birdsong offers 3 powerful portraits of womanhood

By Molly Sprayregen Associated Press
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...
Review: Book recalls '64 coast-to-coast adventure in a bus

By JOHN ROGERS
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...
Review: Birdsong offers 3 powerful portraits of womanhood

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
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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