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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

The Thread from MPR News

The Thread® is your source for book recommendations and other literary news.

Ask a Bookseller

Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. Listen to Ask a Bookseller to find your next favorite book.

Big Books and Bold Ideas

Big Books and Bold Ideas is a weekly series hosted by Kerri Miller every Friday at 11 a.m., featuring conversations about books and other literary ideas. Listen to Big Books and Bold Ideas here.

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Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes is back for its 25th season. Join us at the Fitzgerald Theater for four special events with renowned authors, celebrating our anniversary with a special $25 ticket price for MPR members and Star Tribune subscribers. Buy tickets here.

American democracy requires that we ’be architects, not arsonists’

American democracy requires that we ’be architects, not arsonists’

Eboo Patel believes learning to value and tolerate diversity is the engine that drives just and equitable societies. Can America learn to do it before the social fabric is irrevocably torn? That’s the discussion on this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas, part of our Americans and Democracy series.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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In new collection, Minnesota author portrays lives of Zambian women and girls on two continents

In new collection, Minnesota author portrays lives of Zambian women and girls on two continents

The short stories in Mubanga Kalimamukwento’s new collection “Obligations to the Wounded” move back and forth between the U.S. and her native Zambia.
by Emily Bright

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‘My losses started the day I was born’: A poet on what it’s like to call Gaza home

‘My losses started the day I was born’: A poet on what it’s like to call Gaza home

Mosab Abu Toha was able to escape Gaza, along with his wife and three young children. The award-winning poet talks about parenting in war and the devastation of leaving his family and friends behind.
by Terry Gross

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Bob Woodward takes NPR behind the headline-grabbing moments in his new book

Bob Woodward takes NPR behind the headline-grabbing moments in his new book

Bob Woodward speaks to NPR about the revelations in his new book, and recounts how key moments and meetings in recent years played out behind closed doors.
by Scott Detrow, Courtney Dorning and Avery Keatley

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Climate scientist and mom addresses work-life balance in new book

Climate scientist and mom addresses work-life balance in new book

Climate scientist Anna Farro Henderson talks about balancing a career in politics, climate science with motherhood, a subject she explores in her new book “Core Samples: A Climate Scientist’s Experiments in Politics and Motherhood.”
by Paul Huttner and Matthew Alvarez

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Trump secretly sent Putin COVID-19 tests during pandemic shortage, a new book reports

Trump secretly sent Putin COVID-19 tests during pandemic shortage, a new book reports

Vice President Harris is criticizing Trump over the reported shipment, which is detailed in a new book by the journalist Bob Woodward. The president's campaign has denied the reporting.
by Jason Breslow

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At the crossroads of travel and storytelling: A new bookstore blooms in St. Paul’s Union Depot

At the crossroads of travel and storytelling: A new bookstore blooms in St. Paul’s Union Depot

Story Line Books, a new bookstore at St. Paul’s Union Depot, opened on Sept. 28, offering a cozy spot for travelers with books, gifts and travel essentials, founded by former lawyer Danielle Miller.
by Emily Bright

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