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LI's Elizabeth Strout coming to Tilles Center
Montauk is the setting of "Oh, William!" by LI's Elizabeth Strout, who'll talk about her new novel in a Long Island Litfest talk at Tilles Center on Oct. 25.
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Jennifer Garner among guests for Katie Couric book tour
Chloe Fineman and Melissa Villaseñor of "Saturday Night Live" are scheduled to appear with Couric at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre on Oct. 29.
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Former congressman set to open a new life chapter with Oyster Bay bookstore
Steve Israel said the Audrey Avenue shop, Theodore's Books, whose namesake is one of the former Roosevelt presidents, will be "a place where people feel comfortable coming in and exploring the books and having civilized discourse."
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Next-generation Superman comes out as bisexual
"I've always said everyone needs heroes and everyone deserves to see themselves in their heroes," says the comic's writer Tom Taylor.
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LI writer talks about 'What We Carry,' Book Revue
Oakdale writer Kalyn Fogarty talks about how she dealt with a miscarriage and how she turned the experience into her new novel "What We Carry."
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Twisted Sister guitarist to hold book signing on LI
Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French will sign copies of his book, "Twisted Business," at Looney Tunes Record Store in West Babylon on Nov. 7.
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LI's Erica Abeel talks about 'The Commune'
Sagaponack writer Erica Abeel talks about her new novel "The Commune," a satire about women writers on the East End in the 1970s.
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Winfrey chooses Richard Powers' 'Bewilderment' for book club
"Bewilderment," published last week, tells of a widowed astrobiologist and his struggles to raise his 9-year-old son.
