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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.

You don't have to like astrology to love 'Written In The Stars'

You don't have to like astrology to love 'Written In The Stars'

A free-spirited astrology blogger and a straitlaced insurance actuary agree to fake a relationship — and then really fall for each other in Alexandria Bellefleur's charming queer romance.
by Denny S. Bryce

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Light punctures the darkness in 'One Night Two Souls Went Walking'

Light punctures the darkness in 'One Night Two Souls Went Walking'

Ellen Cooney's new novel follows an unnamed hospital chaplain on her rounds, as she ministers to patients and grapples with her own internal questions. It's a quiet, inward-looking but hopeful story.
by Michael Schaub

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Ask a Bookseller: 'A heaping helping of joy'

Ask a Bookseller: 'A heaping helping of joy'

Dionne Sims, owner of the new pop-up store Black Garnet Books in Minneapolis, recommended a book that’s been bringing her joy lately: "#Very Fat #Very Brave” by comedian Nicole Byer.
by Emily Bright

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Booksellers of color lift up diverse voices

Booksellers of color lift up diverse voices

Host Kerri Miller talks to three bookshop owners about their recommendations for building empathy through reading.
by Kerri Miller

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Former President Obama tells his story his way — and makes his case for history

Former President Obama tells his story his way — and makes his case for history

Former President Barack Obama's ascent thrilled millions but also stirred a countermovement that is still on the march. His new memoir, “A Promised Land,” covers his rise through the second year of his presidency.
by Ron Elving

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Fareed Zakaria on a post-pandemic world

Fareed Zakaria on a post-pandemic world

Will we ever recover from the pandemic? CNN host and journalist Fareed Zakaria says yes — and we will be stronger for it.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Rediscovering 'Cher Ami' and the lost battalion: Questions for Kathleen Rooney

Rediscovering 'Cher Ami' and the lost battalion: Questions for Kathleen Rooney

Kathleen Rooney's new novel follows an unlikely subject: Cher Ami, the once-famous homing pigeon who helped save a trapped battalion during World War I, and the officer who owed his life to her.
by Petra Mayer

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