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PK Harmon coming to Bottle Works
Award-winning poet PK Harmon and avant-garde fiction writer Halvor Aakhus will be reading from their new and forthcoming books at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 7 at Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center. The event is free. Donations are encouraged and books...
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Championing a best-seller
Literary editorGreat books — not the ones rushed off the factory floor but the finely crafted, original works of imagination — can find an audience, if it finds a champion. In the case of "The Art of Fielding," that champion was a young literary agent, Chris...Tags: Sports Illustrated, Book, Reviews, The New York Times, Baseball
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No fiction Pulitzer: The problem wasn't the books
For the first time since 1977, the Pulitzer Prize Board has not chosen a winner in the fiction category. Susan Larson, one of three fiction jurors who each read 300 submissions prior to forwarding three finalists, announced that the jurors were "shocked,"...Tags: Elections, Cycling, Politics, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Justice System
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The Chicago Tribune's favorite books of 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, we take a minute to reflect on the year's best in the world of publishing. Here is the list of our favorites, all published this year:
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"The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain
This gorgeous novel portrays the whirlwind...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Haruki Murakami, Japan, Politics, Julian Barnes
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R. Kelly still trapped in closet; Adam Lambert released from jail
Pop & HissR. Kelly has written 32 new chapters in his "Trapped in the Closet" saga, while "American Idol's" Adam Lambert was briefly detained in a Finnish jail after a bar fight with his boyfriend.... -
A book trailer worth watching: Ben Marcus' 'Flame Alphabet' [video]
Jacket CopyIs the book trailer for Ben Marcus' "The Flame Alphabet" good or not?... -
David Foster Wallace considered, at Pomona College Saturday
Jacket CopyThe work and legacy of David Foster Wallace will be the subject of a panel discussion with a critic, colleague and his biographer Saturday at Pomona College. The event is open to the public.... -
Carnivorism, parts II-IV
Change of SubjectBy Megan Crepeau Hey, remember that artificial meat post from Monday? The one we all agreed was nasty/awesome/awesomely nasty? Here's some more food for thought (THAT IS AN AWFUL JOKE I'M SO SORRY): "Headless Chickens" - An architecture student at...... -
Happy birthday, Edward Gorey! And more book news
Jacket CopyBook news: Edward Gorey's fur coat, David Foster Wallace remembered, a rare Action Comics No. 1 discovered, Justin Bieber to publish photo book, and Stephen Colbert's satirically bad children's book is on the way.... -
New David Foster Wallace material in 'The Pale King,' and online
Jacket CopyPreviously unpublished work by David Foster Wallace, who died in 2008, will appear in the upcoming paperback edition of The Pale King. Some is online now at The Millions.... -
No fiction award by Pulitzer Prize judges in 2012
Jacket CopyThe 2012 judges of the Pulitzer Prize have declined to award the prize to a work of fiction, although they have announced the three finalists. It has been 35 years since the last prize did not go awarded.... -
Pulitzer Prize problems: Fiction jurors speak out
Jacket CopyTwo of three judges who selected the Pulitzer Prize fiction finalists have spoken out about no prize being awarded in the category this year....
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