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Sylvia Plath: Tragic Heroine Make Friends with LION Forthcoming Titles Literary Events This Month

Make Friends with LION

Literature Online (LION) is a database covering over 350,000 works of English and American prose, poetry, and drama; it includes author biographies, literary criticism, and full-text student study guides.  LION is available either in the library or from your home computer using your Glenview library card. LION is a helpful tool for anyone doing book or literary research.  For high school and college students of English and American literature, LION is a wealth of easily accessed literary criticism, including full-text articles and links to related websites and major reference works. For book discussion groups, LION will help both in choosing books and in researching them.  You can search for an author in a variety of ways:  by gender; by the years during which they lived; by nationality; ethnicity; literary movement; and literary period.  If your book group wants to read something by a Native American author, for example, LION lists 49 of them, and for each gives an author record plus a "works about" list.  For some of the other authors LION provides complete biographical information, a student study guide, and a bibliography.  Searching by literary movement is another interesting way to choose an author.  In LION you can search for authors from the Chicago Renaissance, the Connecticut Wits, or the Fugitives, to name a few. You can link to LION in the library from the Adult Services Internet workstation home page under the heading Homework.  From home you can link to LION from the library's home page at http://www.glenview.lib.il.us; select Online Resources, then click on Literature.

Forthcoming Titles

FICTION Split Second by David Baldacci Two different plots twist and turn in this action filled thriller. Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell Seeking a little peace and quiet, Dr. Kay Scarpetta escapes to Florida where she becomes involved in a case of international conspiracy. Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson The story of a girl who has a vision of the Virgin Mary, and how it affects the depressed logging town she lives in. Blacklist by Sara Paretsky Chicago private investigator V.I. Warshawski's latest case involves a dead reporter, an Egyptian boy and an elderly woman. Finding clues that span several generations, Warshawski makes connections to solve the case. Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon Father Tim restores a twenty figure nativity scene in the eighth novel of the bestselling Mitford Years series.  NON-FICTION Shakespeare by Michael Wood.  Michael Wood, well-known author and television presenter, offers a new look at the Bard of Avon, and presents him as a man of his time, and puts the themes of his work into a new perspective. Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties by Steven Watson. A fascinating look into the avant-garde group that came together around the life and work of Andy Warhol between 1964-1968.

Literary Events This Month

@ the Library Monday October 13  Afternoon Book Discussion GPL Conference Room, 1:00 pm Join us for a discussion of The Girls by Helen Yglesias. Monday October 20 Monday Evening Book Discussion GPL Conference Room, 7:00 pm Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Thursday October 23 Teen Poetry Slam Maynard Room, 7:00 pm Teens ages 13 and up who wish to perform a poem of their choice should register at the Information Desk by October 15th.There will be food, fun, and prizes for teen poetry readers and those who just want to sit and listen to their peers. Friday October 24  Father/Son Book Discussion Youth Services, 7:00 pm Boys in grades 4-7 and their father or other adult will meet to talk about Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix.  Tuesday October 28  Meet the Author and Book Discussion Maynard Room, 7:00 pm Meet Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune Columnist and WGN Radio host. He'll talk about his new book, America's Mom: The Life, Lessons and Legacy of Ann Landers. Kogan was her editor for the last five years of her life and a long- time personal friend. A book signing will follow.  For more information about library programs, or to register, please call the Information Desk at (847) 729-7500 ext. 112 or look online at http://www.glenview.lib.il.us/programs.html. Around Chicagoland Saturday October 11 Chicago Athletic Association, 12 S. Michigan Ave, 10:00 am "Books and Brunch" with Barbara Gowdy author of The Romantic and other novels. Prices from $15 to $50. Space is limited. Call (312) 661-1028, ext. 22 or e-mail education@chfestival.org. Monday October 13 Glenbrook South High School, 4000 West Lake Avenue, Glenview, 7:30-9pm Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Call 847.353.7143. http://www.librarycommunityfoundation.org/litcirc/authors.html#chabon Monday October 13 Northwestern University, Harris Hall, Room 107, 1881 Sheridan Rd., 7:00 pm Author Dave Eggers talks about "Mark Twain's Journals and a Tramp Abroad: Is this Man Funny or Just Dead?" Contact Info: Phyllis Siegel  or (847) 491-3525. October 30 - November 9 Chicago Humanities Festival http://www.chfestival.org/november/index.cfm Continuing The Chicagoland Nextbook Writers Series  The 2003-04 series includes appearances by Amos Oz, Myla Goldberg, and Rebecca Goldstein, as well as dramatic performances of stories by Delmore Schwartz and I.B. Singer.  Nextbook Chicagoland is a project of Nextbook, the Chicago Public Library, and the North Suburban Library System. http://www.nextbook.org/localprograms/chicago_writersseries.html