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Excerpt: What Would Hugh Hefner Say About Sex In The Afterlife?

Posted 05.15.2012

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The following is an excerpt from "Chicago Stories" by Michael Czyzniejewski [Curbside Splendor, $14.99], a collection of humorous, fictional tales "na...

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Books And Beer: Holiday Shopping At Sheffield's

Posted 05.25.2011

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If you are torn between curling up with a good book and going out for a tasty beer on a cold Thursday night, why not head to Sheffield's bar for the ...

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No Makeup Week: Women Pledge To Keep Their Faces Bare For 7 Days

The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011

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Could you go a week without makeup? While some women avoid it altogether, others have developed an inexplicable need for the stuff over the years. Wha...

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Taxi Driver Driven To Write Chicago Mystery Novel

Chicago Sun-Times | Queens Crap | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's just tell it like it is: Jack Clark started out as a hack writer who was better at driving a cab than meeting deadlines for the Chicago Reader. ...

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Chicago's Women & Children Inspires Three Decades of Writers and Readers

Gina Frangello | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gina Frangello

By the early 1990s, there were more than 100 feminist bookstores in the U.S. Now, after the explosion of chain bookstores and a changing political climate, there are a mere seven remaining.

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