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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.

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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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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. 

'Anything is Possible' is unafraid to be gentle

'Anything is Possible' is unafraid to be gentle

Elizabeth Strout's new novel-in-stories is a welcome salve for troubled times. A companion volume to last year's 'My Name is Lucy Barton,' 'Anything is Possible' looks at the people Lucy grew up with.
by Heller McAlpin

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Dark lives of 'The Radium Girls' left a bright legacy for science

Dark lives of 'The Radium Girls' left a bright legacy for science

Kate Moore's new book digs into the short, painful lives of the Radium Girls, who worked painting luminous dials on watches and clocks -- and were poisoned by the glowing radium paint they used.
by Mary Louise Kelly

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'If you ever want to understand the immigrant experience,' read this book

'If you ever want to understand the immigrant experience,' read this book

Angela Maria Spring picked up Daisy Hernandez's memoir thinking she would just read the first few chapters. By the time she finished, she was crying on the phone to her mother.
by Tracy Mumford

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'Tender' stories are a feast of ideas

'Tender' stories are a feast of ideas

Sofia Samatar is the creator of an award-winning fantasy world; she sticks closer to earth in her powerful first story collection, but it's not always the earth we might recognize.
by Jason Heller

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From 'f-bomb' to 'photobomb,' how the dictionary keeps up with English

From 'f-bomb' to 'photobomb,' how the dictionary keeps up with English

For a new word to enter the dictionary, it must meet three criteria: widespread use, sustained use and meaningful use. Merriam-Webster lexicographer Kory Stamper explains the process in 'Word by Word.'
by Terry Gross

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren on her new book, 'This Fight is Our Fight'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on her new book, 'This Fight is Our Fight'

"Everybody's got to get out there and find the piece that they can do," the Democratic Massachusetts senator says. She talks to NPR's Audie Cornish about her new book, the middle class and activism.
by Audie Cornish

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"Shattered" picks through the broken pieces of Hillary Clinton's dream

"Shattered" picks through the broken pieces of Hillary Clinton's dream

A new book goes behind the scenes of Clinton's presidential bid. "There is no Big Reveal," says NPR's Ron Elving. "Instead we get a slow-building case against [her campaign's] concept and execution."
by Ron Elving

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