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Baldacci’s ‘No Man’s Land’ an unforgettable read

David Baldacci’s typical action thriller features a character in dire emotional straits....

November 20, 2016, Sunday

Pains: The aches of a generation

PAINS is a collection of poems pulsating with the aches of a generation. The voice speaking throughout is as one rehabilitated from amnesia or intentional forgetfulness after the loss of innocence. These ...

November 20, 2016, Sunday

Opium War through Indian eyes

THE First Opium War (1839–42), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) over their conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, ...

November 13, 2016, Sunday

Those very strange bed stories

We just go, we don’t know no limit. …This Wiz Khalifa lyric best explains the adventure of Maotouzi, a Shanghai girl, who left home at the age of 25 for Singapore, and eventually moving to the United States...

October 30, 2016, Sunday

Tiger writing: A tale of cultures and the interdependent self

IT is a bit difficult for me to comprehend Gish Jen, who has been thinking for nearly her whole life about the cultural and aesthetic differences between China, from where her parents emigrated in the ...

October 16, 2016, Sunday

Spy novelist pens thrilling autobiography

OF stories to dine out on, David Cornwell has an abundance. Or should we say John le Carre has? Cornwell’s pen name overshadows the title on the cover of this, his first memoir, “The Pigeon Tunnel.” The ...

September 11, 2016, Sunday

Brutal plot of ‘Red Dog’ not for faint of heart

The “Little Egypt” region of southern Illinois is among the state’s most diverse — with rich farmland near fallow soil, abandoned coal mines and beautiful parks, economically depressed rural areas near...

September 11, 2016, Sunday

Author shares story of success

In the opening of Gabrielle Zevin’s novel “The Storied Life of A....

August 28, 2016, Sunday

The magic is back in new ‘Potter’ tale

International best-selling author J.K. Rowling collaborates with John Tiffany and Jack Thorne to deliver “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the highly anticipated eighth book in the Harry Potter ser...

August 21, 2016, Sunday