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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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'Human Acts' tries to reconcile bloody human impulses

'Human Acts' tries to reconcile bloody human impulses

In Han Kang's sharp, almost painfully sensitive new novel, set during and after South Korea's 1980 Gwangju student uprising, people spill blood -- but they also brave death to donate it.
by Annalisa Quinn

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The history of poetry at presidential inaugurations

The history of poetry at presidential inaugurations

The tradition began with JFK and continued with presidents Clinton and Obama. To date, no Republican president has had poetry at his swearing-in.
by Tracy Mumford

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MPR started 50 years ago with the Cleveland Orchestra

It was the first thing listeners heard, founder Bill Kling said. It wasn't the original plan, but there were technical difficulties getting the first station, KSJR, on the air.

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A bookish tour through Obama's years in the White House

A bookish tour through Obama's years in the White House

As the current reader-in-chief finishes his term, we've gathered a list of many of the books Obama recommended, read and bought while in office.
by Tracy Mumford

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In 'Homesick,' Ottessa Moshfegh makes the unlikeable understandable

In 'Homesick,' Ottessa Moshfegh makes the unlikeable understandable

The characters in Ottessa Moshfegh's new collection are cold, unfiltered, frequently pathetic -- all suffering from unease and nameless longing, made understandable by each perfectly-built story.
by Michael Schaub

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Roy Hargrove's last shows tonight at the Dakota

Hargrove is a Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter. He was born in Texas, and started playing trumpet at a young age.

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Art Hounds: Ragamala Dance, 'The Last Waltz' and Trophy Wife

Art Hounds: Ragamala Dance, 'The Last Waltz' and Trophy Wife

This week on Art Hounds, Ragamala Dance performs "Written in Water," local musicians reenact "The Last Waltz" and women artists contemplate the term "trophy wife."
by Marianne Combs

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The incredible story of two brothers kidnapped by the circus

The incredible story of two brothers kidnapped by the circus

Beth Macy's book, "Truevine," explores the century-old story of a pair of brothers who were forced into work as sideshow exhibits, and of their mother who tried to get them back.
by Kerri Miller and MPR News Staff

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