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St. Louis-born author Jane Smiley has won a Pulitzer and published more than 25 books, but she has never set a book in her hometown — until now. Lucky, which dropped last month, is an alternative history of Smiley’s life: What if, when attending John Burroughs high school, she fell in love with music and songwriting instead of books and writing?
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Like any good St. Louisan, Jane Smiley has an opinion on the high school question. “If you ask somebody in St. Louis, ‘Where did you go to high school’ — because each school is so unique, you do get a sense of what their life was like and where they live,” says the John Burroughs graduate.
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But at least he isn't Diddy
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“This is the kind of thing that we couldn't do without people standing behind us,” says manager Zoe McKelvie
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9 Mile Garden (9375 Gravois Road, Affton) is getting a new addition that’s a bit unusual for a food truck destination: a permanent fixture. Today, the food truck garden announced it would be opening 9 Mile Garden Cafe, a drive-thru and walk-up coffee truck that will be parked on the grounds in perpetuity.
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The beloved Tower Grove South bar closed its doors after a kitchen fire in April
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Plus, $10M is going to fund the public defender's office and drug-addiction treatment
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Get ready to laugh this fall
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A couple weeks ago, Steve Perron was sitting on his front porch and thinking about cicadas. A former KMOV producer, he remembered all the various stories the station had run about not letting pets scarf up too many of the insects.
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Chilanguita Mexican Kitchen opened in Lindenwood Park early last summer, bringing with it the flavors of Mexico City, artifacts from places such as Oaxaca and Tulum and a dining room and bar made festive with a Dias de los Muertos theme.
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