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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.

Edmund White, who broke ground in gay literature, has died at 85

Many of White’s books chronicled his own experiences as a gay man, making an indelible impression on gay culture and how LGBTQ experiences were understood more broadly at the dawning of the AIDS health crisis.
by Neda Ulaby

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Come Home to My Heart’ by Riley Redgate

Ask a Bookseller: ‘Come Home to My Heart’ by Riley Redgate

Michelle Tuplin of Serendipity Books in Chelsea, Mich., recommends the YA novel “Come Home to My Heart” by Riley Redgate.
by Emily Bright

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Brand new books: Stephen King’s latest, plus tales of a tired mom and a scary stalker

Brand new books: Stephen King’s latest, plus tales of a tired mom and a scary stalker

Holly Gibney is back in King’s thriller, “Never Flinch.” “The Stalker” follows a manipulative man. Happily ever after is evasive in “Consider Yourself Kissed.” Plus, new work from Tash Aw and Etgar Keret.
by Colin Dwyer

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‘Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine’ talks about bars, the blues and belonging

‘Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine’ talks about bars, the blues and belonging

Callie Collins’ new novel is a blues song in literary form, set in a saloon in 1970s Austin, Texas. What happens when the need to belong collides with a world that just keeps moving on?
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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‘Washita Love Child’ remembers Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis’ prolific music career

‘Washita Love Child’ remembers Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis’ prolific music career

Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis played alongside iconic musicians in the 1970s and 1980s. His life, career and ancestors are remembered in a recent book by author Douglas Miller.
by Leah Lemm

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Social media is influencing how authors promote their books. Here‘s how

Social media is influencing how authors promote their books. Here‘s how

Social media is changing the way writers are promoting their books. Author Rebecca Makkai talks about her decision to take a break from writing the blurbs commonly seen on the backs of book jackets.
by Brittney Melton

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