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'Tell Me How It Ends' offers a moving, humane portrait of child migrants

'Tell Me How It Ends' offers a moving, humane portrait of child migrants

Valeria Luiselli's new book is based on her experiences working as an interpreter for Central American child migrants seeking entry to the U.S. Critic John Powers calls it "fair minded and expansive."
by John Powers

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Rich, colorful 'Afar' reimagines the magical girl

Rich, colorful 'Afar' reimagines the magical girl

Leila del Duca and Kit Seaton's new novel follows a young girl in a richly-imagined North Africa-flavored fantasy world, who discovers she has the power to dream herself into different bodies.
by Etelka Lehoczky

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Wild Rumpus named best bookstore of the year

Wild Rumpus named best bookstore of the year

The Minneapolis children's bookstore is stocked with more than 34,000 titles, as well as a chicken, three cats, one ferret, two doves, two chinchillas... The list goes on.
by Tracy Mumford

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'Hemingway didn't say that' (and neither did Twain or Kafka)

'Hemingway didn't say that' (and neither did Twain or Kafka)

There are tons of quotes from famous people out there -- and a lot of them are just plain wrong. Author Garson O'Toole has dedicated himself to setting the record straight.
by Robert Siegel and Connor Donevan

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The Thread Hour: Authors Molly Brodak and Paul Auster

The Thread Hour: Authors Molly Brodak and Paul Auster

MPR's Kerri Miller interviews author Molly Brodak about her memoir, "Bandit: A Daughter's Memoir" and MPR's Euan Kerr interviews Paul Auster about his latest novel, "4 3 2 1."
by MPR News Staff

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'Foxlowe' is a delicious slice of darkness

'Foxlowe' is a delicious slice of darkness

Eleanor Wasserberg's debut novel is not for the faint of heart: This tale of a cultishly evil group called the Family who live in a mansion on the English moors is unrelentingly cruel and eerie.
by Jason Heller

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Mayte Garcia knew she would marry Prince, but could never have predicted how

Mayte Garcia knew she would marry Prince, but could never have predicted how

In her new book, "The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince," Garcia explains how an unlikely meeting at one of the pop icon's concerts sparked a relationship full of love, surprises and, ultimately, heartbreak.
by David Greene and Shannon Rhoades

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'Handmaid's Tale' gets an extended ending

'Handmaid's Tale' gets an extended ending

For a new audiobook edition of her classic dystopian novel, Margaret Atwood has added a little more to the ending.
by Associated Press

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'Luna: Wolf Moon' is a howling good read

'Luna: Wolf Moon' is a howling good read

No one builds worlds like Ian McDonald. In 'Luna: Wolf Moon,' he gives us a lunar colony ruled by five brutal, powerful dynasties, orbiting an Earth wracked by scarcity wars and political squabbling.
by Jason Sheehan

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With this publisher, Native American superheroes fly high

With this publisher, Native American superheroes fly high

Native Realities Press exclusively publishes Native American-made comics, graphic novels and games -- including a reboot of "Tribal Force," widely considered the first all-Native superhero comic book.
by Megan Kamerick

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