Literature
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Book review: 'The Rise' recounts Kobe Bryant's high school years
Jan 11, 2022 5:00 am - "The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality" by Mike Sielski (St. Martin's Press) Serious basketball fans know the broad strokes of the Kobe Br...
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Review: Compelling look at prosecuting sex trafficking site
Jan 10, 2022 6:00 am - 'œTaking Down Backpage: Fighting the World's Largest Sex Trafficker,'ť by Maggy Krell (New York University Press) The final chapter in the Taking Down Backpage story has...
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Review: New memoir about losing a father and finding a wife
Jan 10, 2022 6:00 am - 'œLost & Found,'ť by Kathryn Schulz (Random House) Kathryn Schulz isn't afraid to stake out a contrarian position. In 2015, she denounced Henry David Thoreau as a narro...
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Review: 'The Rise' recounts Kobe Bryant's high school years
Jan 10, 2022 6:00 am - 'œThe Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality'ť by Mike Sielski (St. Martin's Press) Serious basketball fans know the broad strokes of the Kobe Bryant story. T...
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Book review: Daphne Palasi Andreades on coming of age in NYC
Jan 08, 2022 6:30 am - "Brown Girls" by Daphne Palacio Andreades (Penguin Random House) Growing pains and heartache lead Daphne Palasi Andreades' debut novel on the push and pu...
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Former Westmont resident to lead online poetry workshopJan 05, 2022 10:00 pm - Author/poet Tom Catalano will be conducting a livestream workshop, "Poetry: How and Why," as part of the monthly meeting of the Inkwell writer's group. The online meeti...
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Review: '30 Things I Love About Myself' a fulfilling journey
Jan 05, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - "30 Things I Love About Myself" by Radhika Sanghani (Berkley Trade Paperback) Nina Mistry has turned 30 and her life is not where she wants it to be. She...
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Illinois libraries offer virtual events with bestselling authorsJan 04, 2022 10:00 pm - Starting this month, about 200 libraries across the suburbs and the state will offer virtual events with bestselling authors, thanks to the collaborative effort "Illinoi...
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Review: Daphne Palasi Andreades on coming of age in NYC
Jan 04, 2022 6:00 am - 'œBrown Girls'ť by Daphne Palacio Andreades (Penguin Random House) Growing pains and heartache lead Daphne Palasi Andreades' debut novel on the push and pull of becoming...
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Immigrant literacy success stories shared at Plainfield author eventJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - Author and former Daily Herald journalist Anna Marie Kukec Tomczyk discusses her new book "We Are Eagles: Inspiring Stories of Immigrant Women Who Took Bold Steps in Lif...