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Polica singer Channy Leaneagh recovering from winter-related fall

The Polica singer was clearing off the roof of her home recently when her ladder tipped backwards, sending her to the hospital with a back injury.
by Phil Picardi

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Entertained but underwhelmed by this European best-seller? Join 'The Club'

Entertained but underwhelmed by this European best-seller? Join 'The Club'

German author Takis Wurger's debut novel, a thriller about a secret society at Cambridge University, also tackles hot-button issues of privilege and toxic masculinity. It's now out in English.
by Michael Schaub

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On tiger moms, holiday letters and authenticity in the age of social media

On tiger moms, holiday letters and authenticity in the age of social media

Is the holiday letter the original social media - a place where people curate the shiniest bits of their lives for others to consume? That's one of the many theories Kerri Miller explores with her guest, Minneapolis author Gretchen Anthony, as they discuss her debut novel, "Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners."
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Sly and the Family Stone topped the Billboard pop chart 50 years ago this week

The group is considered the first racially integrated, multi-gender band of the rock era, and the lyrics of "Everyday People" express the band's underlying philosophy of peace and the equality of all people.
by Phil Picardi

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'The Volunteer' is a war story unlike any other

'The Volunteer' is a war story unlike any other

Salvatore Scibona's new novel is a generational saga, an epic of Vietnam and other places rendered in language that makes even simple things sound mythic. But first, a boy is abandoned at an airport.
by Jason Sheehan

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'The Altruists' asks: How do you live a good life?

'The Altruists' asks: How do you live a good life?

Andrew Ridker's sharp, compassionate first novel follows a family of flawed but sympathetic bumblers whose efforts to do good more often end up causing harm -- to themselves and others.
by Heller McAlpin

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Y'all heard? An argument for the great Southern pronoun

Y'all heard? An argument for the great Southern pronoun

In the book "Speaking of Alabama," an essay by linguistics professor Catherine Davies calls "y'all" a speech "improvement" -- at least when referring to the plural second person.
by Patrick Jarenwattananon

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Photos: In defiance of winter, Duluthians skate the 'People's Rink' on frozen Superior

Photos: In defiance of winter, Duluthians skate the 'People's Rink' on frozen Superior

About a quarter-mile offshore from Duluth's Leif Erikson Park, a hearty band of volunteers has carved a skating rink unlike any other on the frozen surface of Lake Superior.
by Dan Kraker and Derek Montgomery

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