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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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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. 

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. 

'Dawn of the New Everything' argues for human-centered technology

'Dawn of the New Everything' argues for human-centered technology

Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier's book is part memoir, part history of the development of VR, and an unexpected but welcome comparison of the promises of VR with those of artificial intelligence.
by Annalee Newitz

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Debut author channeled her 'darker bits' into a Man Booker shortlist novel

Debut author channeled her 'darker bits' into a Man Booker shortlist novel

Fiona Mozley's book "Elmet" explores masculinity in both male and female characters. "When we sort of see a woman possessing unexpected or fantastical physical strength it's questioned more," she says.

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Emily Wilson's 'Odyssey' scrapes the barnacles off Homer's hull

Emily Wilson's 'Odyssey' scrapes the barnacles off Homer's hull

Emily Wilson -- the first woman to translate "The Odyssey" -- has created a fresh, authoritative and slyly humorous version of Homer's epic that scours away archaisms while preserving nuance and complexity.
by Annalisa Quinn

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Brush up your Shelley with 'Frankenstein: The First Two Hundred Years'

Brush up your Shelley with 'Frankenstein: The First Two Hundred Years'

Christopher Frayling's new celebration of "Frankenstein" is half art book, half scholarly study, tracing the famous monster's path from page to stage to screen, just in time for his 200th birthday.
by Genevieve Valentine

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