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  • Broward-Palm Beach New Times

    The Agent from Iran

    How a mother of two ended up in a plot to smuggle high-tech gear to the enemy.

    By Deirdra Funcheon

  • Westword

    Murder By Design

    In life and death, tattoo artist Kauri Tiyme made her mark.

    By Alan Prendergast

  • Village Voice

    My Brother the Slumlord

    Amy Neustein never could resist going public with her family dramas.

    By Elizabeth Dwoskin

  • Houston Press

    The Ghosts of Galveston

    A visit with the hurricane victims that a country forgot.

    By John Nova Lomax

Tammy Lechner

By Clay McNear

Published on December 05, 2007 at 4:00am

Despite the bold assertion in the accompanying photo, author/photojournalist Tammy Lechner should've titled her book Chicago Cubs: Big, Fat Losers. Rather, she chose the high road in her new Our Team, Our Dream: A Cubs Fan's Journey Into Baseball's Greatest Romance -- described as a "passionate photo documentary highlighting 15 seasons with the Chicago Cubs." Fifteen years? Ouch. The gal can play through pain, we'll give her that. A number of the pictures in the book were taken in Arizona during spring training.
Sun., Dec. 9, 1-3 p.m., 2007