Literature
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Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92May 14, 2024 12:16 pm - Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story wri...
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Batavia’s Books Between Bites welcomes author Karl Bruhn on May 16May 13, 2024 8:55 pm - Batavia's popular monthly lunchtime book program, Books Between Bites, concludes for the season on Thursday, May 16, with Batavian Karl Bruhn sharing a presentation about...
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Book review: Veronica Roth taps into her Polish roots for ‘When Among Crows,’ a lore-packed novellaMay 13, 2024 1:35 pm - Dymitr is on a personal mission, and it starts with facing the mythical leszy who’s guarding the fern flower as it blooms for the summer solstice. “When Among Crows,” a n...
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Book Review: Anonymous public servants are the heart of George Stephanopoulos’ ‘Situation Room’May 13, 2024 11:04 am - The biggest challenge for an author tackling the history of the Situation Room, the basement room of the White House where some of the biggest intelligence crises have be...
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Book review: ‘Challenger’ is definitive account of shuttle disaster and missteps that led to tragedyMay 13, 2024 10:57 am - When the Challenger space shuttle exploded a little over a minute after its launch in 1986, it pierced the dreams of millions who watched the tragedy unfold live on telev...
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Book review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger’s penetrating essays explore the power of female friendshipsMay 06, 2024 10:39 am - Who means more to you — your friends or your lovers? In a vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays, Lilly Dancyger explores the powerful role that female friend...
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Book Review: Novelist Amy Tan shares love of the natural world in ‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’May 06, 2024 10:33 am - Birdwatching has become a cherished pastime for many since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when people stuck at home for months looked out their windows for entertain...
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Book review: Rachel Khong’s novel ‘Real Americans’ explores race, class and cultural identityApr 29, 2024 1:03 pm - Rachel Khong’s “Real Americans” wrestles with issues of class, race and the genetic component of disease. Though largely a work of social realism, it has a touch of science fiction.
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Book review: ‘Nothing But the Bones’ is a compelling noir novel at a breakneck paceApr 29, 2024 7:05 am - Nelson “Nails” McKenna isn’t very bright, stumbles over his words and often says what he’s thinking without realizing it. We first meet him as a boy reading a superhero c...
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Book review: Emily Henry is still the modern-day rom-com queen with ‘Funny Story’Apr 23, 2024 9:41 am - “Funny Story” isn’t a funny story at all. But it is a good one. Emily Henry's new romance novel starts with dueling breakups that have rocked the two main characters’ worlds — and forced them to bond over their shared broken hearts.
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