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“Snakewoman of Little Egypt” by Robert Hellenga

May 9, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

"Snakewoman of Little Egypt"By Robert HellengaBloomsbury, $25, 344 pages When Robert Hellenga published "The Sixteen Pleasures" in 1994, readers couldn't yet fully appreciate the aptness of his first novel's title....

“Snakewoman of Little Egypt” by Robert Hellenga

August 23, 2021 at 4:02 a.m.

"Snakewoman of Little Egypt" By Robert Hellenga Bloomsbury, $25, 344 pages When Robert Hellenga published "The Sixteen Pleasures" in 1994, readers couldn't yet fully appreciate the aptness of his first...

“Jane Addams: Spirit in Action” by Louise W. Knight

May 9, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

"Jane Addams: Spirit in Action" By Louise W. KnightW. W. Norton & Company, 352 pages, $28.95 After the Daughters of the American Revolution revoked Jane Addams' membership because of her...

Review: ‘Swan Thieves’ by Elizabeth Kostova

May 9, 2019 at 7:59 p.m.

"The Swan Thieves: A Novel" By Elizabeth KostovaLittle, Brown, 576 pp., $26.99 Elizabeth Kostova made her fiction debut with a bestselling bang in 2005 with "The Historian," a spooky tale...

“Fragile Beasts” by Tawni O’Dell

May 9, 2019 at 8:18 p.m.

"Fragile Beasts" By Tawni O'Dell Shaye Areheart, 416 pp., $25.00 Tawni O'Dell's novels reanimate the neglected American tradition of working-class literature. The men and women she depicts don't march toward...

Review: ‘Swan Thieves’ by Elizabeth Kostova

August 23, 2021 at 3:59 a.m.

"The Swan Thieves: A Novel" By Elizabeth KostovaLittle, Brown, 576 pp., $26.99 Elizabeth Kostova made her fiction debut with a bestselling bang in 2005 with "The Historian," a spooky tale...

“True Confections” by Katharine Weber

June 18, 2018 at 1:11 a.m.

"True Confections"By Katharine WeberCrown, 288 pages, $22 Katharine Weber is one of the wittiest, most stimulating novelists at work today. In works of fiction as funny as they are fundamentally...

Don’t blame the crew

August 21, 2021 at 11:30 p.m.

Having been a United flight attendant for 37 years, I can certainly feel your pain sitting on an airplane with no place to go hour after hour. As an international...

Ignoring voters

August 21, 2021 at 4:20 p.m.

This is regarding "A fraud on Cook County voters" (Editorial, July 9). This little dance that the Stroger people have performed over the past several months only amuses and entertains...

Cluster bombs

August 21, 2021 at 7:52 a.m.

As a mother and a citizen, I was horrified by the article about the use of cluster bombs in Iraq. I hope that the Tribune will continue to report on...

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