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Traditional accounts of American history are sorely missing first-person narratives and retellings of stories belonging to gay, black men. So says Kevin…
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North-End Pride: The Story of Lanphier High School, Its People and Community. That's the title of a newly released book that takes a first-of-its-kind…
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Ray Bradbury has lived his life in two different worlds. Not on faraway planets like the settings of many of his science fiction tales. Bradbury’s life…
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My wife and I were feeling housebound on a recent rainy Sunday, so we set out for one of my favorite places in Springfield: a small used-books store near…
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Twenty-two years ago, critic and teacher Robert Bray asked an interesting question in his book, Rediscoveries: Literature and Place in Illinois. “The…
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Imagine this scenario at the local Wal-Mart. A young mom, toddlers in tow, wheels her cart into the book aisle. Momentarily ignoring the kids, she…
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The Joy of Keeping ScoreHow Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of BaseballPaul Dickson, 1996Walker and CompanyBob Rosenberg has been…
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We feel downright bookish this month.Aaron Chambers delves into the literary efforts of a con-man-turned-author for his piece on identity theft (see page…
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The Book is Dead:What has and will continue to change is venue, the way reading material is obtainedThey say the book is dead. Journals and magazines, too. Newspapers? An archaic remnant of the past. In their stead, we have 97 cable channels and the…