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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. 

Khizr Khan says his faith in America is stronger than ever

Khizr Khan says his faith in America is stronger than ever

The Gold Star father who made headlines last year after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention has a new memoir, "An American Family," about growing up in Pakistan and coming to America.
by Steve Inskeep

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Pablo Neruda didn't die of cancer, experts say. So what killed the poet?

Pablo Neruda didn't die of cancer, experts say. So what killed the poet?

Official documents say the Nobel laureate died of prostate cancer in 1973. But 16 forensics experts have unanimously concluded that isn't true, stoking suspicions again that he was actually poisoned.
by Colin Dwyer

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'Beautiful Darkness': A dark story, gorgeously illustrated

'Beautiful Darkness': A dark story, gorgeously illustrated

People think working as a bookseller means you get to read at work. Not so much. Ronald Davis picked up "Beautiful Darkness" just to page through it, and ended up devouring the whole thing.
by Tracy Mumford

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For novelist John Green, OCD is like an 'invasive weed' inside his mind

For novelist John Green, OCD is like an 'invasive weed' inside his mind

"It starts out with one little thought, and then slowly that becomes the only thought that you're able to have," Green says. His new novel, "Turtles All The Way Down," is about a teenage girl with OCD.
by Terry Gross

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What does it mean to live a good life, the Ojibwe way?

What does it mean to live a good life, the Ojibwe way?

The spur for Linda LeGarde Grover's new essay collection was the birth of her seventh grandchild. She wanted to write about the important Ojibwe connection between the generations, and with the land.
by Euan Kerr

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Amnesty for little book lovers: New York City libraries erase kids' late fees

Amnesty for little book lovers: New York City libraries erase kids' late fees

On Thursday, the city's public library systems are forgiving fines on overdue materials checked out by readers age 17 and under, reopening library doors to young readers once blocked by unpaid fees.
by Colin Dwyer

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