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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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Spirited 'Family of Origin' defends the maligned millennial

Spirited 'Family of Origin' defends the maligned millennial

CJ Hauser's new novel centers on two estranged siblings trying to unravel their late father's work with a group of fringe biologists who believe evolution is running backward, away from millenials.
by Lily Meyer

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An imagined future speaks in 'Talking to Robots'

An imagined future speaks in 'Talking to Robots'

If you want to see what that future might look like, David Ewing Duncan's book is a fun place to start; he envisions various bots based on interviews with scientists and engineers, among others.
by Adam Frank

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Constantinople; Michelangelo; Elephants

Constantinople; Michelangelo; Elephants

Bookseller Matt Keliher recommends a short summer read by one of France's greatest living writers.
by Tracy Mumford

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34 ways to beat the system in 'Raised in Captivity'

34 ways to beat the system in 'Raised in Captivity'

Chuck Klosterman's new collection of "fictional nonfiction" is full of people who subvert expectations and find ways around the systems that rule our lives. Also, there's a puma in an airplane toilet.
by Jason Sheehan

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Rooted in history, 'The Nickel Boys' is a great American novel

Rooted in history, 'The Nickel Boys' is a great American novel

Colson Whitehead's deeply affecting new novel is based on the true story of a segregated reform school in Florida where African American boys were brutalized and possibly murdered.
by Maureen Corrigan

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Two views from Israel and Palestine

What has the conflict between Israel and Palestine meant to individuals from each country? MPR News host Kerri Miller asks Palestinian author Yousef Bashir and Israeli author Yossi Klein Halevi.
by Kerri Miller and Jeffrey Bissoy

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'Spin the Dawn' stitches up a fabulous fantasy

'Spin the Dawn' stitches up a fabulous fantasy

Elizabeth Lim's new young adult novel follows a girl who disguises herself as a boy and sets off for the emperor's court in place of her ailing father, who's been summoned as an imperial tailor.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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'The Chain' asks: How far would you go for your child?

'The Chain' asks: How far would you go for your child?

In Adrian McKinty's propulsive new thriller, an organization called The Chain kidnaps children, and forces the parents to kidnap another child in turn in order to rescue their own
by Paddy Hirsch

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