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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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Be more than a bookstore: A brick-and-mortar shop's key to success

Be more than a bookstore: A brick-and-mortar shop's key to success

Barnes & Noble is experimenting with food, Amazon is replicating its online business and an indie shop aims to be part of the community. Ultimately, they all want to sell more books.
by Lynn Neary

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In children's storybooks, realism has advantages

In children's storybooks, realism has advantages

Young children have an easier time exporting what they learn from a fictional storybook to the real world when the storybook is realistic, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo.
by Tania Lombrozo

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For Cameroonian writer, job loss led to the American Dream

For Cameroonian writer, job loss led to the American Dream

The author of "Behold the Dreamers" says she didn't intend for the novel to be about immigration.
by Euan Kerr

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'Ghost of the Innocent Man' chronicles justice too long delayed

'Ghost of the Innocent Man' chronicles justice too long delayed

Benjamin Rachlin's crisply-written new book tells the story of Willie Grimes, who spent 24 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit -- and the tortuous legal struggle that eventually freed him.
by Martha Anne Toll

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Excruciating and beautiful: 'Glass Castle' author sees life on screen

Excruciating and beautiful: 'Glass Castle' author sees life on screen

The film version of "The Glass Castle," Jeannette Walls' best-selling memoir, hits theaters this weekend. She hopes the film will help others deal with their troubled histories.
by Euan Kerr

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Thread Book Hour: Authors take on American empathy and the edge of the world

Thread Book Hour: Authors take on American empathy and the edge of the world

The Thread features a conversation with novelist Stephanie Powell Watts about race, class and life in small-town America. Plus, hear from the author of a new novel about a quarter-life crisis at the South Pole.
by MPR News Staff

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For sale: The farm that inspired 'Charlotte's Web'

For sale: The farm that inspired 'Charlotte's Web'

The Maine farm where E.B. White penned his beloved classic, 'Charlotte's Web," is now for sale. No word on the spelling talents of any spiders on the property.
by Associated Press and Tracy Mumford

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Raunchy but sweet, 'Mrs. Fletcher' is one for the ages

Raunchy but sweet, 'Mrs. Fletcher' is one for the ages

Tom Perrotta's new novel about a divorced mom and her college-aged son addresses some serious issues with dark humor. The result is uncompromisingly obscene, but still somehow good-natured.
by Michael Schaub

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