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The Bears and the wild heart of football
 
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:10 pm

DIY local literature

Two self-published memoirs prove everybody has a story worth telling

By Jacqueline Jackson
Untitled Document Here are two books by area authors: One describes growing up on a farm near Carthage, 1930-1950; the other is the memoirs of a World War II fighter pilot, compi...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 04:38 am

The comet, not the tail

Altared looks at weddings from 26 perspectives

By Jacqueline Jackson
Untitled Document Here’s a curious book for June: 26 personal essays on weddings — and, occasionally, nonweddings. They touch on such subjects as plans, preparations,...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 02:33 pm

Out of Africa

Springfield’s Sydney Kling recounts her Peace Corps journey

By Jacqueline Jackson
Untitled Document Springfieldian Sydney Kling wanted to mark her retirement from a nursing career by doing something both different and worthwhile. She gathered her courage, did ...
Wednesday, April 4, 2007 01:42 am

Giving a voice to our grief

Petrakis weaves a powerful, wrenching tale in Legends of Glory

By John Knoepfle
Untitled Document Harry Mark Petrakis’ newest collection consists of eight short stories and a novella. The short stories are vintage Petrakis, rooted in Chicago’s Gr...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 09:10 am

The giant who changed Illinois politics

Arrington pushed the Statehouse into the modern era

By Bob Hartley
Untitled Document William Russell Arrington — best known as Russ — was a familiar face and factor in the Illinois General Assembly from 1945 to 1973. Moreover, he was...
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 01:22 pm

Sisters, doing it for themselves

A look at three women who sparked up early American culture

By Deborah Kuhn McGregor
Untitled Document Looking for emotion, struggle, determination, and accomplishment? They’re all there in Megan Marshall’s The Peabody Sisters, a fascinating look at t...
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007 02:32 pm

Picturing Macon County

A nostalgic look at Sangamon’s history-rich neighbor

By Jacqueline Jackson
Untitled Document Arcadia Publishing’s series Images of America enlists various authors to research the history of a certain town or area. Endnotes in the books state ...
Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007 09:14 pm

Before graphic novels, there was Tintin

Hergé’s meticulously researched comic strip transcends age, language

By Jacqueline Jackson
Untitled Document Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles! In a thundering typhoon! This is the 100th birthday of Belgian author/artist Hergé. The complete Tintin is...
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 09:46 am

Scratching the surface

Promise of The Sangamo Frontier never realized

By Joseph Craig
For many central-Illinois natives, the subject of Robert Mazrim’s new book, The Sangamo Frontier: History and Archaeology in the Shadow of Lincoln, is a surprise — the concept of archaeolo...
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