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Our Most Magnificent Magic Realist Is Dead

Truth In Fantasy

"Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died in Mexico aged 87, his family says," the BBC reports.

"Garcia Marquez was considered one of the greatest Spanish-language authors, best known for his masterpiece of magic realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude."

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Posted on April 18, 2014

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A People's History Of Thanksgiving

Where Is The Gold?

With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.
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Posted on November 28, 2013

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Chicago Blog Review: Fruit Slinger

A welcome blast of summer-friendly food porn on a daily basis.
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Posted on August 6, 2009

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Inside The Mind Of A Man Who Killed His Family

And How It Could Have Been Prevented

What the case of Mount Vernon's Tom Odle can tell us about mass murderers.

Posted on April 17, 2014

The Midwest's Best: Little Known Facts

Celebrity Skin

Nazi Hunters & Love Trumpets.

Posted on April 13, 2014

The Midwest's Best: The Polio President

Plus: Wild Child Winston Churchill

Biographies of the early years.

Posted on April 11, 2014

The Midwest's Best: Guns, Worms & Trains

World War II, The Fountain Of Youth & Railroads

A 2013 trilogy.

Posted on April 10, 2014

Dear Open Books: Did She Get It?

She Likes Books

Girl who likes books applies for internship.

Posted on April 8, 2014

Local Book Notes: Exile On Fullerton Avenue

Plus: Roosevelt Aluma In Northwestern Author's Movie

And: Sully and J.W.

Posted on April 4, 2014

404 Day: A Day Of Action Against Censorship In Libraries

By The Electronic Frontier Foundation

Students and library patrons across the country are routinely and unnecessarily blocked from accessing constitutionally protected websites.

Posted on April 2, 2014

On The Road To Literacy

By The Literacy Volunteers of Illinois

Educators, staff, tutors, and new readers from adult literacy programs and government and social service agencies from throughout the Chicago area will lead the presentations.

Posted on March 27, 2014