Literature
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Book Review: Yume Kitasei explores space in a heist-driven action adventure novelJun 28, 2024 3:09 pm - Grad student Maya Hoshimoto is having a hard time settling down on Earth after a thrilling career as an art thief, stealing looted objects and returning them to their peo...
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Book Review: Serena Kaylor’s ‘Calculation’ proves predictable romance can be uproarious, nail-bitingJun 21, 2024 6:37 am - Serena Kaylor’s second novel, “The Calculation of You and Me,” is a phenomenal teen romance that celebrates romance itself — the concept and the genre — as Marlowe discovers what makes a healthy, happy relationship through her journey to try and win back her high school boyfriend.
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Book Review: ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ tells a tale of modern love and successJun 17, 2024 7:34 am - The cover art and title of “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” don’t quite convey the wild ride readers who crack open this new fiction from Rufi Thorpe will take. There’s a rea...
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Griffin Dunne finds balance between madcap Hollywood adventures and family tragedy in new memoirJun 14, 2024 8:19 am - Griffin Dunne says he’s grateful his parents raised him with what he affectionately calls “benign neglect” in 1970s and ’80s Los Angeles because it encouraged creativ...
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Cantigny Book Talk to be on ‘Nature is Our Country Club’Jun 13, 2024 9:22 pm - For his newest book “Nature Is Our Country Club: How Golf Explains Sustainability In a Changing World,” North Aurora author Christopher Cudworth spent four years researching the golf industry's economic and environmental realities as courses face changes due to climate change.
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West Chicago Public Library District resident named finalist in statewide writing competitionJun 13, 2024 7:09 pm - The Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project Manuscript competition recently announced this year’s finalists: • “Nicky” by Hailey Atwood (West Chicago Public Library D...
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AAUW Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Used Book Sale kicks off June 20Jun 12, 2024 10:48 am - The Wheaton-Glen Ellyn AAUW Branch, NFP is busy gathering books for its 2024 Used Book Sale. More than 11,000 books will provide a great opportunity to refresh your TBR (To Be Read) piles.
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Oprah Winfrey picks David Wroblewski’s ‘Familiaris’ for her book clubJun 11, 2024 12:58 pm - NEW YORK — Author David Wroblewski has reached special status among contemporary authors: a two-time selection for Oprah Winfrey's book club. Winfrey announced Tuesd...
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Book Review: Glamour and tragedy intertwine in Griffin Dunne’s memoir ‘The Friday Afternoon Club’Jun 10, 2024 5:20 pm - Actor and producer Griffin Dunne grew up in New York and Los Angeles with the glitterati all around. His father, Dominick Dunne, a television executive and film produ...
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Book signing for John Robert Wiltgen’s ‘The Candy in My Pocket’ set for June 21-22Jun 07, 2024 6:36 pm - Author and internationally acclaimed, award-winning residential designer John Robert Wiltgen will be signing his memoir “The Candy in My Pocket” at noon Friday, June 21, ...
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