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In new memoir, Elisa Bernick on growing up Jewish in 1960s New Hope, Minnesota

In new memoir, Elisa Bernick on growing up Jewish in 1960s New Hope, Minnesota

Elisa Bernick grew up with her share of family drama in suburban New Hope, Minnesota. But in a new book, she explores the roots of that drama and comes to some astounding and healing revelations.
by Cathy Wurzer and Euan Kerr

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'It chips away at you': Misty Copeland on the whiteness of ballet

'It chips away at you': Misty Copeland on the whiteness of ballet

For years Copeland was told that her skin color, her body and her hair didn't conform to what ballerinas were supposed to look like. Her memoir is The Wind at My Back.
by Terry Gross

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Dance performance that bridges communities

Dance performance that bridges communities

Twin Cities dance artists Aparna Ramaswamy and Karen Charles talk with MPR News host Angela Davis about how the language of movement communicates deep emotion and builds bridges between people.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Amid the war ruins in Ukraine, Banksy seeds art

Amid the war ruins in Ukraine, Banksy seeds art

A delicate painting of a gymnast doing a handstand has popped up on the wall of a wrecked building outside of Kyiv and appears to be the work of the British graffiti artist known as Banksy.
by The Associated Press

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Women's work is never done: a trio of art books showcasing women

Women's work is never done: a trio of art books showcasing women

Three new art books feature female subjects of every shape and hue from all over the world, doing the things that women have historically done — and also the things that men have historically done.
by Heller McAlpin

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Kurt Vonnegut would have turned 100 today — his war novels are relevant as ever

Kurt Vonnegut would have turned 100 today — his war novels are relevant as ever

The author — who died in 2007 at the age of 84 — wrote satirical novels that won him a cult-like following among young people in the 1960s. Vonnegut's novels communicated: "Hey, you're not alone."
by Tom Vitale

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Ask a Bookseller: "Found Audio" is a creepy fall read

Ask a Bookseller: "Found Audio" is a creepy fall read

The printed novella “Found Audio” sounds very fitting for our radio-based book series. It’s called “Found Audio,” by N. J. Campbell, and it was published by Two Dollar Radio, a small press in Ohio. 
by Emily Bright

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