Return to Main Street a candid look at rural move
Nancy Eberle chronicles the Eberles move from Evanston to a 200 acre Galena area farm in Return to Main Street. The book contrasts yearning for a simpler life with the hard, often humorless work of country living and the social choices of modern re settlements.
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Main Street
Nancy Eberle
Norton
Richard Eberle
Chicago Board of Trade
Nancy
Chicago Board Options Exchange
Evanston
Galena
Ill
America
Eberles
Eberle
A Closer Look Collins continues to produce
In the second part of the Muscatine writer Max Collins interview, he discusses Pinnacle Books' clash with Harlequin over similar series. Collins defends his Nolan novels as distinct from The Executioner created by Don Pendleton, and laments losing ownership of Nolan while noting ongoing projects with Dick Tracy and a 1930s private eye concept.
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Max Collins
Muscatine
Mac Bolan
Bolan
Pinnacle Books
Don Pendleton
Pinnacle
Harlequin
Pendleton
Nolan
Collins
Jon
Harlequin Books
Dick Tracy
Nolan-Nolan
Writers Workshop
Iowa City
Joyce
Ireland
Little, Big by John Crowley review
A vivid fantasy that departs from Tolkien’s tropes and unfolds as a sprawling tale about Smoky Barnable and Daily Alice Drinkwater. Crowley blends Irish fairy faith with a 20th century New York setting, weaving a labyrinthine family saga through Dreamlike landscapes and peculiar characters like Ariel Hawksquill and Aunt Nore Cloud.
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Smoky Barnable
Alice Drinkwater
Violet
Alice
Sophie
Auberon
New York City
Ariel Hawksquill
Sylvie
Dr. Ward
Europe
America
Crowley
Joyce and Ulysses Acomposited legacy in exile and acclaim
The article surveys James Joyce as a master of coinage and cross language wordplay, noting his influence on 20th century Irish writers and his controversial Ulysses. It highlights Joyce's life in Zurich and Paris, Beckett's role as his secretary, and a 1933 U.S. court decision that allowed Ulysses in despite censorship.
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Samuel Beckett
Joyce
Dra
Beckett
Yeats
United States
King crafts Vietnam memories into Ambo-Land play Story
King recounts his dual role as medic and mechanic in Vietnam and his wartime experiences. The Milwaukee Rep premiere of Story, set in Ambo-Land, follows Don Scardino as a naïve wire service reporter and Bob Gunton as a Vietnam vet in 21 roles.
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Don Scardino
Wire Service
Bob Gunton
King
Vietnam
Ambo-Land
Milwaukee Rep
Veterans debate authenticity in Vietnam art and writing
Playsinsanity founders discuss if firsthand experience is required to tell Vietnam stories. They cite Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now as influences, noting Vietnam’s lack of clear objectives and heroes. One insists writers must share the experience to convey truth, while others argue for broader perspective.
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Francis Coppola
King
Vietnam
Best sellers list of popular novels and authors
A listing of top titles with authors publishers and prices. Notable entries include An Indecent Obsession by Coleen McCullough set in a WWII hospital, Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord tracing Chinese tradition and revolution, The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving about an eccentric family, Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike in middle age, Noble House by James Clavell on Hong Kong trade, Remembrance by Danielle Steel about an Italian princess, Cujo by Stephen King featuring a haunted New York family, No Time for Tears by Cynthia Freeman covering Russian to Palestinian migration and diamond centers.
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Coleen McCullough
Harper & Row
Bette Bao Lord
China
New Hampshire
John Irving
Dutton
Henry Robbins
Berrys
John Updike
Knopf
Harry Angstrom
James Clavell
Delacorte
Hong Kong
Danielle Steel
America
Stephen King
Viking
New York
Maine
Cynthia Freeman
Arbor House
Russia
Palestine
Diamond Center
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Roy Ich
Ead
Ed Gorman
Ree-Lance
John Crowley
Bantam Books
James Joyce
France
Zurich
Stephen Hero
Paris
Hemingway
Gertrude Stein
Wias
Gray
Mt. Kisco
Saigon
Stephen Crane
New York Times Service
SCOPE
Churches United Presents
Abraham
Witten
E. Jerry Walker
Paramount Theatre
Joan Armatrading
J.W. Everitt
Hancher Auditorium
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