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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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Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where The Thread 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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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. 

Secrets feed on time in the masterful novel ‘Mothers and Sons’

Secrets feed on time in the masterful novel ‘Mothers and Sons’

Adam Haslett’s compelling novel focuses on the strained relationship between an asylum lawyer and his mother. It’s a beautiful appreciation of the all-too-human mess of life.
by Maureen Corrigan

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Women share stories of connection and support in ‘Locker Room Talk,’ up for MN Book Award

Women share stories of connection and support in ‘Locker Room Talk,’ up for MN Book Award

For the first time since 2006, the Minnesota Book Awards include a category for anthologies. One of the finalists is the story collection “Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces.”
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘A More Perfect Party‘ by Juanita Tolliver 

Ask a Bookseller: ‘A More Perfect Party‘ by Juanita Tolliver 

Makkah Abdur Salaam of Black Garnet Books in St. Paul recommends “A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics” by Juanita Tolliver.
by Emily Bright

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In her new memoir, Sarah Hoover offers an unflinching take on the first year of motherhood

In her new memoir, Sarah Hoover offers an unflinching take on the first year of motherhood

Sarah Hoover holds nothing back in her memoir, “The Motherload,” which grapples with the rage and disassociation she felt after the birth of her first child.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Look for love during Lunar New Year with these two books

Look for love during Lunar New Year with these two books

Kick off the Year of the Snake with two romances: “Lunar Love” by Lauren Kung Jessen, and “Lunar New Year Love Story” by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham.
by Dhanika Pineda

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Civil rights expert: How to bridge Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Trump’s inauguration

Civil rights expert: How to bridge Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Trump’s inauguration

Civil rights expert john a. powell, author of the recently published book “The Power of Bridging: How to Build a World Where We All Belong,” addresses the dual occasions of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration day and how to bridge the two.
by Catharine Richert and Annie Baxter

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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Serviceberry' by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

Ask a Bookseller: 'The Serviceberry' by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

Beth Hartung of Pearl Street Books in La Crosse, Wis., recommends “The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World” by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
by Emily Bright

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