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Under a literary spell
As Lucy Kobbs turned the final page of the seventh and last book in the "Harry Potter" series, she took a pencil to the wall beside her bed and memorialized the end of an era: 7/22/07, 3:20 a.m. "It's one of those books that will stick with me for life,"...
Tags: Authors, Central Michigan University, Sherlock Holmes (movie), Students, Schools
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Midwestern lit: Plain-spoken
I recently took one of those online quizzes to test your accent, and it declared, accurately, that I come from the "Central U.S." The test said my accent is essentially no accent, the one that's employed by television news anchors, who are supposed to...Tags: Authors, Chicago Tribune, Arts and Culture, University of Chicago, Book
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From page to small screen
Some of the biggest blockbuster movies in the last 10 years are based on books. (That means you, Harry Potter and “The Hunger Games”). But the annual television lineup has always included its share of book adaptations as well, dating back to...
Tags: Authors, The Hangover (movie), Terry O'Quinn, Justified (tv program), American Idol (tv program)
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D.T. Max takes on the life of David Foster Wallace
D.T. Max knew what he was getting into when he decided to write a biography of David Foster Wallace. In March 2009, he published a long piece in the New Yorker about Wallace's suicide and the author's inability to finish "The Pale King," the novel left...
Tags: Authors, Long Island, Chicago Tribune, David Foster Wallace, Suicide
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Annoyingly talented
You know what's annoying? Experimental short stories. You know what else is annoying? Adam Levin. He is 35 and grew up on the North Shore. He is talented and can't do anything half- way, which makes him frustratingly, endearingly bold, the twin...
Tags: Authors, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, George Saunders, Chicago Tribune, Republican Party
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In pursuit of Amelia Earhart
A monthlong seaward expedition in search of Amelia Earhart's missing aircraft became a study in meditation, though not stillness, for a Chicago photographer widely esteemed for her visual accounting of artifacts. The search, the subject of Discovery...Tags: Steve Jobs, Kiribati, Photography and Video, NPR, Trips and Vacations
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Critic's Notebook: Essays tiptoe up to grab us unawares
Essays sneak up on us. They are — or often feel — accidental: the record of a writer wrestling with an idea, an observation, a slice of experience, of a writer figuring it out. They have a conditional quality, as if they could go in any...
Tags: Authors, Movies, Nazi Party, Don DeLillo, Arts and Culture
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Southbridge Commons Book Club
We have 24 members who are all residents of the Southbridge Commons subdivision in Northbook. Our first book was "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. Since then, we have met 79 times and read 72 books. We meet in our homes. The hostess for the month...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations
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Oprah relaunches book club, saying 'I still believe in books'
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Tribune literary awards go to Sondheim, Franzen, Wilkerson
Tribune reporter"Writing" seems an inadequate word to describe what Stephen Sondheim has done, yet it is the breadth, impact and influence of his writing that have won him the 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement. The 81-year-old composer and...Tags: Goodman Theatre, Human Interest, Arts, Journalism, Minnesota
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Most interesting comment thread of the day, courtesy Helen DeWitt
Jacket CopyNovelist Helen DeWitt takes issue with the romantic idea that a writer is a person who has to write.... -
Sarajevo with tears: Another walk down Logavina Street
Jacket CopyBarbara Demick says that" real Sarajevans don’t like to talk about the war," but her book, "Logavina Street," follows the lives of a small community during the conflict. It has been re-released, with additional materials, commemorating the 20th...
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