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In Sunday books: This author's got U-Haul on speed dial
Los Angeles TimesBrooke Berman makes a left off Sunset Boulevard onto Larrabee and begins to recount, warmly, a home she once occupied in West Hollywood. "This was one of the best apartments I've had in L.A.," she says as we approach a place a few blocks from Book Soup,...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), SoHo, West Village, Queens (New York City), Moving and Storage
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Alyson Hagy In conversation with Eric Banks and Susan Nusser, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, University Center/River Room. Panelist, with Jonathan Evison, Larry Watson and Terese Svoboda, moderated by Steve Mills, 4 p.m. Saturday, Grace Place/2nd Floor. Alyson...Tags: Artists, Arts, Buzz Bissinger, Chicago Public Schools, Literature
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Dawn Raffel The Art of Memoir, with Sara Connell and Laura Caldwell, 11:45 a.m. Saturday, University Center/Loop Room. Dawn Raffel is the author of the memoir "The Secret Life of Objects" and "Further Adventures in the Restless Universe." She is...Tags: Ray Bradbury, Arts, College Sports, Indiana State University, Literature
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Property transfers for November 20
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Deeds filed recently in the office of Boyle County Clerk Trille Bottom include:
HSBC Bank and Geraldine Jones, through J. Thomas Hensley, master commissioner, to HSBC Bank, property on Alta Avenue, $21,868.
Johnny and Juanita Durham to Rodney...Tags: Services and Shopping, HSBC Holdings plc, Fannie Mae, Hartland, Mortgages
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The power of place to transform lives
Literary editorFrom the pleasant opera-loving terrorists in "Bel Canto" to the endlessly fertile Amazon women in her new novel, "State of Wonder," Ann Patchett creates magical stories. No wizards or vampires, no triumph over dysfunctional past, but rather an alternative...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Elizabeth Taylor, Joseph Conrad, Heart and Circulatory System, Drugs and Medicines
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10 things you might not know about Chicago authors
There's no point in getting wordy, so we'll simply remind you that the Tribune-sponsored 27th annual Printers Row Lit Fest takes place June 4-5. For now, here are 10 "chapters" of Chicago lit:
1 Ben Hecht, who co-wrote the play "The Front Page" and was a...Tags: Crimes, Ray Bradbury, Awards and Prizes, Saul Bellow, Houston
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How the Tribune gathered the information used in this series
Tribune reporter Colleen Mastony began reporting this story two days after the shooting. She spent weeks in the Rice Lake area and in St. Paul, where Chai Vang lived. She interviewed Vang, his family and friends, as well as the two survivors, Terry...Tags: Crimes, Death, Family, Crime, Law and Justice
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`Mockingbird' message has new resonance
Tribune staff reporterThis is the week that Chicago has set aside to discuss "To Kill a Mockingbird," the book designated last summer as the first work to be read by the entire population of the city (and suburbs) as a shared intellectual exercise. The Harper Lee classic...Tags: Dining and Drinking, National Security, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois), Lawyers, Clubs and Associations
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'The Cherry Orchard'
Times Staff WriterSEE CORRECTION APPENDED When you're reading Chekhov, author-illustrator Edward Gorey once said, you wonder why you read anyone else. Michael Cacoyannis' new film of the great Russian writer's final masterpiece, "The Cherry Orchard," illustrates what...Tags: Death, Farms, Adultery, Family, Movies
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A Map of the World
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday December 3, 1999 The title of the powerful "A Map of the World" refers to a drawing a child makes to try to grasp where her dying mother might be going. Now as an adult, Sigourney Weaver's Alice Goodwin finds herself heading into uncharted...Tags: Julianne Moore, Eleanor Roosevelt, Death, Louise Fletcher, Anjelica Huston
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TV lines up big doings, grand finales for the sweeps
Sentinel Television CriticIn sweeps, size matters. The ratings periods are all about drawing the biggest crowds to shows hyped as events. Although few programs warrant the buildup, broadcast executives merrily brag about their results anyway. Ultimately, the four-week sweeps...Tags: Heather Locklear, Sandra Bullock, Tom Selleck, Literature, Daytime Emmy Awards
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