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Your occasional round-up of Chicago-related lit news from around the web:

NPR talks to Michael Harvey, author of The Chicago Way.

• Sara Paretsky has been nominated for a National Book Critics Circle award for her memoir Writing in an Age of Silence. The NBCC blog profiles the book and has an interview with Paretsky.

• The Wall Street Journal looks at the trend of loyal customers pitching in to save their local bookstores, and Chicago's Brent Books and Cards and Women & Children First both get mentions.

 
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