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Michelle Obama plans 6-city tour for 'The Light We Carry'

Obama will open at the Warner Theatre in Washington on Nov. 15, the publication date for her book. She will then travel to Philadelphia's The Met, Atlanta's Fox Theatre, the Chicago Theatre and San Francisco's Masonic, before closing at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.

Michelle Obama plans 6-city tour for 'The Light We Carry'
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New Michelle Obama book 'The Light We Carry' to arrive this fall

It's the former first lady's first entirely new work since 2018's "Becoming," which has sold more than 17 million copies worldwide, surpassing the sales of any memoir by a previous first lady or modern president, including her husband, former President Barack Obama.

New Michelle Obama book 'The Light We Carry' to arrive this fall
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"House that Madigan Built" covers speaker's peak to plummet

Chicago Tribune investigative reporter Ray Long's soon to be released book, The House That Madigan Built, is not a biography of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, but a series of vignettes marking highs and lows of a remarkable political timeline.

"House that Madigan Built" covers speaker's peak to plummet
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Naperville native Bob Odenkirk sketches a showbiz life in memoir

Perseverance with a heavy dose of luck has propelled Bob Odenkirk’s ascent from fringe sketch comic to fringe leading man.

Naperville native Bob Odenkirk sketches a showbiz life in memoir