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Tommy Orange on the lives of urban Native Americans

Tommy Orange on the lives of urban Native Americans

Tommy Orange's debut novel is a "must-read of the summer," according to MPR News host Kerri Miller. She spoke to Orange about why he chose to write about urban Native Americans.
by Kerri Miller and Suzanne Pekow

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'The Fall of Wisconsin' puts the state's 2016 presidential choice in context

'The Fall of Wisconsin' puts the state's 2016 presidential choice in context

In 2016, Wisconsin picked a Republican for president for the first time since 1984. In his new book, Dan Kaufman, who grew up in the state, tries to show the vote for Trump was part of a larger story.
by Ron Elving

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Appetites: Tastier than walleye? Other lake fish to try

Appetites: Tastier than walleye? Other lake fish to try

Award-winning food writer Amy Thielen says Minnesota anglers shouldn't be too quick to throw back their non-walleye catch.
by Tom Crann and Kyle Shiely

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Floating prison drones equal menace in 'The Furnace'

Floating prison drones equal menace in 'The Furnace'

Prentis Rollins' new graphic novel is set in a near future where the government uses drone-powered mobile invisibility fields to control its prisoners, keeping them out of sight and incommunicado.
by Etelka Lehoczky

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'The Last Cruise' is a bit more than a 3-hour tour

'The Last Cruise' is a bit more than a 3-hour tour

Kate Christensen's new novel follows a group of people on a vintage-themed cruise -- think cabaret, cocktails and no internet -- who are thrown together unexpectedly when things go wrong on board.
by Michael Schaub

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The night Bill Wyman fell off the stage

Forty years ago Tuesday, the Rolling Stones' "Some Girls" tour came to the St. Paul Civic Center. As Bill Wyman was waving to the crowd after the show, he leaned against a curtain, fell off the stage and landed on a concrete floor.
by MPR News Staff

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New kids' books put a human face on the refugee crisis

New kids' books put a human face on the refugee crisis

In classrooms and at home, kids are reading a new genre of books about a timely topic: refugees. They're selling well and providing a sympathetic view of people often portrayed as threats.
by Deborah Amos

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'Rest and Relaxation' is as sharp as its heroine is bleary

'Rest and Relaxation' is as sharp as its heroine is bleary

Ottessa Moshfegh's bizarrely fascinating new novel follows a young woman in Manhattan who decides to sleep her life away with a combination of pills, waking occasionally for bad bodega coffee.
by Heller McAlpin

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The evolution of language

The evolution of language

What's considered acceptable in today's world was vulgar at one point and vice versa.
by MPR News Staff

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