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Peter Orner’s new memoir-in-essays is an ode to other books. He helps us see the ways they contain the stories of our lives, too, and understand that reading is essential.

CHICAGO — You know how we don’t notice the leaves on the trees until September arrives, nature flips its switch and emeralds become purples, reds and golds? That’s not the

The fall 2022 book season sees the return of Cormac McCarthy, a history of American music by Bob Dylan, and posthumous works by Katherine Dunn and Paul Newman.

BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Literary Festival invites all to join in at 5 p.m. Aug. 12 when a Literary Cocktail Hour presents Colleen Kinder, Jacquelyn Mitchard and Peter Orner with

CHICAGO — Highland Park, located on the North Shore of Chicago, sits between the suburbs of Highwood and Glencoe.

You thought you knew Highland Park as an affluent North Shore suburb, and it is that, as well as much more.

This season’s essays take a turn toward joy, laughter, and survival. In addition to collections from notable names, be on the lookout for a feminist biography of the Wife of Bath from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.

Book Public Episode 100 with Peter Orner and The Lonely Voice

The L.A. Times Book Clubs reads 'Letter to a Stranger,' a new collection that celebrates the serendipity of chance encounters.

The Spark and the Drive by Harrison (So, Wayne at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10:  1250041244 - ISBN 13:  9781250041241 - St. Martin's Press - 2014 - Hardcover