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November 19, 2011
Lorrisa Julianus is a local painter, actress, model, and the latest artist to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Her show – titled Embrace the Night – is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch and uses classical chiaroscuro styling to give dimension and mystery to […]
November 17, 2011
This month for Poetry 365 we’re highlighting the latest collection from experimental poetry pioneer Michael Palmer. Author of 21 volumes and winner of the 2006 Wallace Stevens Award, Palmer is often associated with Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, and the Language Poetry movement. In Thread, he presents 86 new poems structured in two parts and frequently […]
November 17, 2011
The November 8th NY Times reported that Little, Brown & Company is pulling Assassin of Secrets by Q. R. Markham, because passages of the book were found to have been taken from a number of contemporary and classic works by such authors as Ian Fleming, Robert Ludlum, and Charles McCarry. A patron browsing our new titles […]
November 17, 2011
Late last night the National Book Awards were announced. Jesmyn Ward (right in photo) took top fiction honors for “Salvage the Bones,” about a Mississippi family’s struggle during Hurricane Katrina. The nonfiction prize went to Stephen Greenblatt (left) for his work “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,” which analyzes the effects of certain influential […]
November 17, 2011
A brief article in today’s Chicago Trib reports that starting next January patrons in Des Plaines will pay 10c more for overdue fines on books and CDs, from 15c a day to 25c. The fine on DVDs, however, will be lowered by half–from $1.00 to 50c. The library hopes to generate $10,000 more in revenue with the […]
November 16, 2011
Samuel French, the largest publisher of plays andmusicals in the world, has decided to market its materials for $8.99 apiece. Yesterday they began with 100 plays and by the end of December approximately 1,000 should be available through the Apple iBookstore. A few of the playwrights mentioned in the article: (and EPL items of theirs) […]
November 16, 2011
“I don’t know if I’m opening an ice shop in the age of Frigidaire, but I can’t live in a city that doesn’t have a bookstore.” – Ann Patchett On the heels of the sad news that Bookman’s Alley will soon be closing, it may be of some comfort to hear about Parnassus Books, which is opening […]
November 15, 2011
Here’s another list of award winning reads…but you can help choose the finalists yourself! GoodReads is a free online community of readers, where you can create and share lists, join discussion groups, get reviews and chat with authors. We have an Evanston Good Reads page, and a separate page for our African American Literature Discussion […]
November 13, 2011
Rick Kogan will host the 2011 induction ceremony at the Harold Washington Public Library, this Tuesday at 6 PM. Mike Royko and Ida B. Wells are two of the writers to be honored. It seems this organization is rather new. Shira S.
November 12, 2011
Two book choices meant to distract you from natural disasters, political campaigns, and other ills of the day’s news: Roz Chast, a cartoonist from New Yorker Magazine, has assembled a book called What I Hate:From A to Z. Of course, her artwork graces the pages. ‘Chast, a self-proclaimed “anxious person,” brings her own special brand […]
