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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.

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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.

'The Socrates Express' takes readers on a ride through applied philosophy

'The Socrates Express' takes readers on a ride through applied philosophy

Eric Weiner's book is an invitation to experience philosophy, as he explores his relationship to the works of well-known philosophers and shows us how their ideas can help us improve our lives.
by Gabino Iglesias

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Bro, this is not the 'Beowulf' you think you know

Bro, this is not the 'Beowulf' you think you know

This new translation of the ancient epic poem drags it kicking and screaming into the 21st century, giving us tales of blood, guts and glory told as if over beers in a loud sports bar.
by Jason Sheehan

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'Finish The Fight' paints a different picture of women who pushed for a vote

'Finish The Fight' paints a different picture of women who pushed for a vote

The 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment offers an opportunity to take a closer look at stories of women of the movement — those we think we already know, and those that have been lost to history.
by Audie Cornish

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Erin Brockovich says 'Superman's Not Coming' to save our water supply

Erin Brockovich says 'Superman's Not Coming' to save our water supply

The environmental activist and consumer advocate takes a brutally honest look at how mismanagement, chemical spills, mishandling of toxic waste, and even fake studies have damaged U.S. water systems.
by Gabino Iglesias

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New biography admires John Lewis' faith that 'It's all going to work out'

New biography admires John Lewis' faith that 'It's all going to work out'

In “His Truth Is Marching On,” Jon Meacham offers an introduction to one decade in the late congressman's life. The book doesn't quite seek to be more, but this may leave some readers disappointed.
by Michael Schaub

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'Hoax' traces the 'grotesque feedback loop' between President Trump and Fox News

'Hoax' traces the 'grotesque feedback loop' between President Trump and Fox News

CNN correspondent Brian Stelter says the president's "cozy" relationship with Fox News is like nothing he's seen before: "In some ways [Trump] wants to be a television producer more than a president."
by Terry Gross

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Ali Smith brings her seasonal quartet to a close with 'Summer'

Ali Smith brings her seasonal quartet to a close with 'Summer'

In Ali Smith's new novel, she reveals the overarching connections between the characters and themes of her previous three. Critic Heller McAlpin says connection is the great theme of these works.
by Heller McAlpin

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The Thread: Three books to read during the GOP convention

The Thread: Three books to read during the GOP convention

The Republican National Convention starts today. For her Thread must-read, Kerri Miller brings us three more books that will make a political junkie out of anyone!  
by Kerri Miller

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A boy avenges his murdered father, with the help of a magical 'Ikenga'

A boy avenges his murdered father, with the help of a magical 'Ikenga'

Nnedi Okorafor found her superpower — storytelling — when she was a teenager. She draws on her own past and her connection to Nigeria in her latest novel, about a 12-year-old finding his own powers.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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