When we read, we usually do not pay much attention to the vehicle that brings us the stories or facts …
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When we read, we usually do not pay much attention to the vehicle that brings us the stories or facts …
The latest novel by Bernice L. McFadden, ‘Praise Song for the Butterflies,” takes place in the fictitious West African country …
Richard Powers is an adventuresome, humane, erudite author whose novels explore the frontiers of science, the stunning richness of the …
‘Speak No Evil,” the follow-up to Uzodinma Iweala’s multiple award-winning novel ‘Beasts of No Nation,” centers around Niru, a talented …
We are into high summer – a time to enjoy hikes, bike rides, trips to a park or playground. And …
Iowa City author Jeff Biggers takes readers on a brisk trip through American history in ‘Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition.” …
CHICAGO – ‘The Great Believers,” the new novel by Rebecca Makkai, describes the AIDS epidemic in Chicago in the 1980s …
It is hard to imagine now, but there was a moment, in the late 1960s, when the environment wasn’t a …
Here you are on a two-week cruise from California to Hawaii on the elegant, 1950s-era Queen Isabella. For a little …
At the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows, a team of professors has finally cracked ‘The Lorax,” by …
Local and regional picture book authors and illustrators are enjoying new releases this year with titles that offer something for …
The stories in ‘Certain American States,” Catherine Lacey’s debut collection, mostly take place in that ‘post-firework smoke” between breakup and …
Heartache, even decades later, can still feel like it just happened yesterday. Even though Peter in ‘The Lost Family” by …
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