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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.

Our arts coverage is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

On Netflix, Leigh Bardugo's 'Shadow and Bone' celebrates a diverse Grishaverse

On Netflix, Leigh Bardugo's 'Shadow and Bone' celebrates a diverse Grishaverse

"I never want people to feel like fantasy and romance and magic and adventure belong to just one kind of person," the fantasy author says. A new Netflix series is adapted from her works.
by Michel Martin and Kalyani Saxena

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This Sunday, visit 'PreachersNSneakers' for fashion, flexing and for-profit faith

This Sunday, visit 'PreachersNSneakers' for fashion, flexing and for-profit faith

In 2019 the PreachersNSneakers Instagram account started calling attention to famous preachers and their designer clothes. Ben Kirby, the no-longer anonymous person behind the account, has a new book.
by Andrew Limbong

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'In Deeper Waters' is a frothy romantic confection

'In Deeper Waters' is a frothy romantic confection

F.T. Lukens' earnest new seafaring romance follows a young prince desperate to hide his magical powers from the pirates who've kidnapped him — and the mysterious boy who comes to his rescue.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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'What's Not to Love'? Only a few moments in this otherwise charming story

'What's Not to Love'? Only a few moments in this otherwise charming story

The married-in-real-life team of Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka have a new YA romance, about a toxic (maybe too toxic) high school rivalry that, of course, turns to love in the end.
by Alethea Kontis

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Why did the chicken befriend the widow? Find out in this plucky Italian novella

Why did the chicken befriend the widow? Find out in this plucky Italian novella

An older woman living on a remote farm turns to an emotional-support hen for company. Sacha Naspini's newly translated novella is a slim volume, packed with unexpected secrets and epiphanies.
by Maureen Corrigan

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Amid sexual misconduct allegations, publisher suspends shipping of Blake Bailey book

Amid sexual misconduct allegations, publisher suspends shipping of Blake Bailey book

Three former students and a publishing executive have alleged sexual misconduct by award-winner Blake Bailey, with two accusing the author of rape, according to reports. Bailey denies the allegations.
by Elizabeth Blair and Meghan Collins Sullivan

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Art Hounds: Landscapes and memory-scapes

Art Hounds: Landscapes and memory-scapes

Artists and art appreciators this week also recommend a streaming show from Theater Latté Da, which invites artists to perform favorite show tunes outside of their “type” and a retrospective of renowned Duluth artist Carl Gawboy, Bois Forte Anishinaabe storyteller and scholar.
by Emily Bright and Aron Woldeslassie

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George W. Bush lends his voice to immigrants in 'Out of Many, One'

George W. Bush lends his voice to immigrants in 'Out of Many, One'

The former president's book features his portraits of 43 immigrants — athletes, public servants, business leaders, educators — in an effort to join those saying, "The system's broken. Let's fix it."
by Rachel Martin

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In 'We Are Bridges,' a writer resurrects her great grandfather's memory

In 'We Are Bridges,' a writer resurrects her great grandfather's memory

In 1904, Cassandra Lane's great grandfather Burt Bridges was lynched. In telling his story, Lane offers her own memoir — and lessons on family and American history for her future child and readers.
by Martha Anne Toll

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