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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

The Thread from MPR News

The Thread® is your source for book recommendations and other literary news.

Ask a Bookseller

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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Big Books and Bold Ideas is a weekly series hosted by Kerri Miller every Friday at 11 a.m., featuring conversations about books and other literary ideas. Listen to Big Books and Bold Ideas here.

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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. 

Tickets are now available for our 26th season. Join award-winning journalist and MPR News host Kerri Miller (and special guest host Catharine Richart) as they talk with authors including Stacey Abrams, Patricia Lockwood, Misty Copeland, John Grisham, and Kate Baer. 

Ousted commander aims to 'Fight Like a Girl' against gender bias in Marines

Ousted commander aims to 'Fight Like a Girl' against gender bias in Marines

Kate Germano worked to hold female recruits to a higher bar. Then she was fired. In a new book, the retired officer talks about her efforts to improve training for women throughout the Marine Corps.
by Sydney Harper

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Would you want to know the exact date of your death?

Would you want to know the exact date of your death?

Chloe Benjamin's novel "The Immortalists" follows four young siblings who meet with a traveling psychic. The psychic predicts the date of their deaths -- and that knowledge shapes every decision they make.
by Tracy Mumford

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In 'Hey Mom,' Louie Anderson has a laugh with his leading lady

In 'Hey Mom,' Louie Anderson has a laugh with his leading lady

The actor and stand-up comedian has channeled his late mother in his work for years. "Hey Mom" is Louie's way of catching her up on everything that's been going on in his life.
by Danny Hajek and David Greene

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'I Was Anastasia': How a famous fraud brought a kind of hope

'I Was Anastasia': How a famous fraud brought a kind of hope

Ariel Lawhon's new novel recounts the lives of both Russia's Grand Duchess Anastasia and Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be Anastasia after the royal family was executed during the Revolution.

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An author who starts where most others end

An author who starts where most others end

Bookseller Steve Iwanski recommends a novel about "a down-on-his-luck, beat-up old prize fighter, who loses $12,000 that he needed to pay off his ruthless boss." That's only the beginning.
by Tracy Mumford

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