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Art Hounds: Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what's exciting in local art. You can explore arts events here, or become an Art Hound today.

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Art Friend: Everyone needs an art friend. Art Friend is a new segment with our arts team. Art spaces can feel exclusive and art can be confusing, obtuse, and even boring. But, especially with the right context, everyone can be a critic. So let us be your guide- your Art Friend. Listen or read Art Friend stories here.

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Ask a Bookseller: 'American War,' set in the future, reflects aspects of today

Ask a Bookseller: 'American War,' set in the future, reflects aspects of today

Sometimes setting a novel in a different time or place gives an author permission to reflect our contemporary world in a new way. That’s the case for journalist-turned-author Omar El-Akkad’s first novel “American War.”
by Emily Bright

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'Like A Sister' is noir for the media-struck generation

'Like A Sister' is noir for the media-struck generation

In Kellye Garrett's thriller, a beautiful Black reality TV star is found dead on a playground in the Bronx; the tabloid headlines and the police scream overdose, but the woman's sister is unconvinced.
by Carole V. Bell

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'Secret Identity' is a masterful 1970s literary mystery

'Secret Identity' is a masterful 1970s literary mystery

Alex Segura's mystery-thriller features a queer Cuban American artist fighting against the patriarchy and dodging bullets in the desperate, male-dominated world of comics.
by Carole V. Bell

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Art Hounds: Iron Range musicians jam and a new theater company opens in St. Paul

Art Hounds: Iron Range musicians jam and a new theater company opens in St. Paul

Art Hounds this week recommend you check out: The Mariah Theatre Company opening in St. Paul with the debut of Patrick Coyle’s play, “The Big Blue River;” a showcase of Iron Range musicians at the Ore House in Gilbert; and a surreal exhibit of thrift store furniture at Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter.
by Emily Bright

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Ask a Bookseller: 'One for the Blackbird and One for the Crow'

Ask a Bookseller: 'One for the Blackbird and One for the Crow'

We're continuing our Women's History Month theme on "Ask a Bookseller." This week, Jessica Bohnsack of Sheridan Stationery Books and Gallery in Sheridan, Wyo., was happy to recommend a historical fiction novel set in her state: "One for the Blackbird and One for the Crow" by Olivia Hawker.
by Emily Bright

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Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch warns Putin will move west if he wins in Ukraine

Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch warns Putin will move west if he wins in Ukraine

Yovanovitch served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine but was relieved of her post following a smear campaign orchestrated by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Her new memoir is “Lessons From the Edge.”
by Terry Gross

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Three YA fantasies take you on a journey — at home

Three YA fantasies take you on a journey — at home

These three YA fantasies offer up creative magic systems and mythologies, stakes as high as they come, and girls with the grit to get it done.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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Youa Vang with Minnesota music news: Grant & 2 Annies

Youa Vang with Minnesota music news: Grant & 2 Annies

Youa Vang has been a music and culture writer for years in the Twin cities and she’s got a bead on a gig coming up and news about a couple of Minnesota artists she thinks you might love.
by Cathy Wurzer and Melissa Townsend

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