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Ask a Bookseller: A mother-daughter story of travel and art

Ask a Bookseller: A mother-daughter story of travel and art

The recommendation comes from Shannon Daniels of Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich., who says Jessica Au's novel "Cold Enough for Snow" was her top staff pick this year.
by Emily Bright

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How to watch the Oscars on Sunday night

How to watch the Oscars on Sunday night

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 12 at 7 p.m. Central time. Those of us at home can watch it on ABC or via streaming services.
by Teresa Xie

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Talking Volumes hits the road this spring

Talking Volumes hits the road this spring

Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune are proud to announce a special spring series of Talking Volumes. We are taking Talking Volumes on the road with two special events in Greater Minnesota. These special Talking Volumes pop-up events will be hosted by award-winning journalist Kerri Miller.
by MPR News Staff

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Vinyl records outsell CDs for the first time since 1987

Vinyl records outsell CDs for the first time since 1987

Vinyl sales grew for the 16th consecutive year in 2022, with 41 million albums sold — compared to 33 million CDs. Streaming is still the biggest driver of the music industry's growth.
by Kaitlyn Radde

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New author Jamila Minnicks on the resilience and history of all-Black towns

New author Jamila Minnicks on the resilience and history of all-Black towns

Jamila Minnicks’ debut novel is a stunner. “Moonrise Over New Jessup” uses fiction to tell the stories of real all-Black towns that flourished in the American South a century ago, thanks to a policy of separate but equal.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Staging the unseen: A roundtable talk with the creators of a new Jungle Theater play

Staging the unseen: A roundtable talk with the creators of a new Jungle Theater play

Playwright and actor JuCoby Johnson and director H. Adam Harris discuss their new play “5” at the Jungle Theater, looking into how they created and brought to life an occasionally supernatural tale of gentrification
by Jacob Aloi

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'In the Dark' podcast acquired by Condé Nast

'In the Dark' podcast acquired by Condé Nast

The award-winning investigative podcast “In the Dark” has been acquired by Condé Nast Entertainment.
by MPR News Staff

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