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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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

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Sign up for The Thread newsletter to get reading recommendations from Kerri Miller and other bookworms around the MPR newsroom. Sam Stroozas rounds up local events and Minnesota book news you may have missed.

Ask a Bookseller

Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where host Emily Bright 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.

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

Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes is an annual event series featuring notable authors in conversation about their new books. Presented by MPR News and The Minnesota Star Tribune.

Mary-Frances O'Connor on 'The Grieving Brain'

Mary-Frances O'Connor on 'The Grieving Brain'

More than 50 years ago, Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced the world to the five stages of grief, a model that shaped how many of us approach bereavement. But neuroscience is widening the lens. Mary-Frances O’Connor details how grief rewires the brain in her new book, and why we often struggle to accept the loss.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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There's no redemption to be had in Chelsea Bieker's 'Heartbroke'

There's no redemption to be had in Chelsea Bieker's 'Heartbroke'

The author of Godshot brings readers a new set of stories; “Heartbroke” unfolds in a chorus of yearning and sorrow, told in 11 different voices that Chelsea Bieker inhabits with perfect pitch.
by Kristen Martin

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Mexican American superhero saves Ukrainian civilians in comic book issue

Mexican American superhero saves Ukrainian civilians in comic book issue

Fed up with Mexico's non-interventionist policy after Russia invaded Ukraine, Héctor Rodríguez sends his Mexican American superhero to Mariupol in the latest issue of the series.
by Olivia Hampton

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Graphic novels about Greek gods that don't talk down to kids

Graphic novels about Greek gods that don't talk down to kids

George O'Connor spent 12 years turning the Greek gods into best-selling graphic novels for kids. They're faithful to the ancient myths - which often include gender fluidity.
by Elizabeth Blair

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'The Candy House' is a brilliant portrait of intersecting lives

'The Candy House' is a brilliant portrait of intersecting lives

In Jennifer Egan's novel, there is a persistent, lovely countermelody to the corporate project of mapping human experience; it's full of people engaged in a sweeter and more plaintive human algebra.
by Annalisa Quinn

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From the archives: Writer Max Porter on 'Grief is the Thing with Feathers'

From the archives: Writer Max Porter on 'Grief is the Thing with Feathers'

This Friday, MPR News host Kerri Miller will talk with renowned grief expert and neuroscientist Mary-Frances O'Connor about happens in our brains when we grieve. But novels teach us just as much as science. In anticipation of the coming show, enjoy this one from the 2016 archives, when Miller talked with writer Max Porter about his debut novel, “Grief is the Thing with Feathers.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Efforts to ban books jumped an 'unprecedented' four-fold in 2021, ALA report says

Efforts to ban books jumped an 'unprecedented' four-fold in 2021, ALA report says

The American Library Association says libraries faced the highest number of book challenges since they started tracking in 2000. Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer topped their list of most challenged books.
by Miranda Mazariegos and Meghan Collins Sullivan

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Ask a Bookseller: 'Island Queen' celebrates an ambitious Black woman entrepreneur from history

Ask a Bookseller: 'Island Queen' celebrates an ambitious Black woman entrepreneur from history

If you like the energy and ambition of the musical "Hamilton," Lelia Nebeker of One More Page Books in Arlington, Va., recommends you check out the novel “Island Queen” by Vanessa Riley.
by Emily Bright

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