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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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What if a ‘Blood Test’ predicted you’d commit murder?

What if a ‘Blood Test’ predicted you’d commit murder?

In Charles Baxter’s new novel, a small-town insurance salesman buys a blood test that can predict romantic entanglements, promotions — and more. It’s a screwball satire of all-American zaniness.
by Maureen Corrigan

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Spellshop’ by Sarah Beth Durst

Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Spellshop’ by Sarah Beth Durst

Ellie Petres of The Book Garden in Bountiful, Utah, recommends “The Spellshop” by Sarah Beth Durst.
by Emily Bright

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American democracy requires that we ’be architects, not arsonists’

American democracy requires that we ’be architects, not arsonists’

Eboo Patel believes learning to value and tolerate diversity is the engine that drives just and equitable societies. Can America learn to do it before the social fabric is irrevocably torn? That’s the discussion on this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas, part of our Americans and Democracy series.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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‘My losses started the day I was born’: A poet on what it’s like to call Gaza home

‘My losses started the day I was born’: A poet on what it’s like to call Gaza home

Mosab Abu Toha was able to escape Gaza, along with his wife and three young children. The award-winning poet talks about parenting in war and the devastation of leaving his family and friends behind.
by Terry Gross

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South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

Han Kang is the first Korean writer to win the award. The citation commended "her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."
by Neda Ulaby

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Climate scientist and mom addresses work-life balance in new book

Climate scientist and mom addresses work-life balance in new book

Climate scientist Anna Farro Henderson talks about balancing a career in politics, climate science with motherhood, a subject she explores in her new book “Core Samples: A Climate Scientist’s Experiments in Politics and Motherhood.”
by Paul Huttner and Matthew Alvarez

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