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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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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. 

Here's what college freshmen are reading

Here's what college freshmen are reading

Colleges across the U.S. assign books to introduce new ideas to incoming students. This year, colleges selected books on topics that ranged from climate change to race, fiction and non-fiction.
by Sara Ernst and Courtney Rozen

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'Extinctions' digs up buried memories and unacknowledged history

'Extinctions' digs up buried memories and unacknowledged history

The title Josephine Wilson's new novel refers to its protagonist, an elderly man who feels useless, extinct -- and whose journey is to find the means for growth and change within himself.
by Martha Anne Toll

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'Insomnia' is both a celebration and lament of sleeplessness

'Insomnia' is both a celebration and lament of sleeplessness

Marina Benjamin's book is more impressionistic and personal than scientific: Don't look here for an explanation of the chemistry or biology of nocturnal wakefulness.
by Heller McAlpin

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'Sex, Lies and Stardom': Exploitation in Howard Hughes' Hollywood

'Sex, Lies and Stardom': Exploitation in Howard Hughes' Hollywood

Karina Longworth's new book, 'Seduction,' tells the story of 10 women who had sexual relationships with Hughes. 'These things have always happened and they were never talked about publicly,' she says.
by Terry Gross

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'Born to Be Posthumous' brings Edward Gorey's name to his work

'Born to Be Posthumous' brings Edward Gorey's name to his work

Gorey, whose art formed the basis of 'Mystery!' and who was the mind behind 'The Gashlycrumb Tinies,' is undeniably one of the most influential American writers and illustrators of the last century.
by Michael Schaub

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Store sells children's book after 27 years on the shelf, readers worldwide celebrate

Store sells children's book after 27 years on the shelf, readers worldwide celebrate

Broadhursts Bookshop in Southport, England, sold the book about William the Conqueror that had sat on the shelf for decades. The store's tweet about the sale has inspired thousands of replies.

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William Goldman, screenwriter and author of 'Princess Bride,' dies at 87

William Goldman, screenwriter and author of 'Princess Bride,' dies at 87

Goldman had a successful literary career before he turned to Hollywood, where he made an indelible mark -- as the writer of beloved movies as well as a bestselling guide to screenwriting.

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