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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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Photos: The Minneapolis music scene, from the 1980s to now

Photos: The Minneapolis music scene, from the 1980s to now

Music photographer Daniel Corrigan got his start at the U and went on to document the golden age of Minneapolis music. A collection of his photography is now available in a new book: "Heyday."
by MPR News Staff

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Author Colson Whitehead: 'I'm on a very odd streak'

Author Colson Whitehead: 'I'm on a very odd streak'

"Unfortunately it's too late to become a lawyer or a vet or something useful," Colson Whitehead joked at Talking Volumes. "So I'll just keep writing."
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An Old West tale saddles up in 'News of the World'

An Old West tale saddles up in 'News of the World'

Returning a kidnapped girl to her family becomes an adventure, in part because she doesn't want to go.
by Euan Kerr

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'Tuck Everlasting' author Natalie Babbitt dies at age 84

'Tuck Everlasting' author Natalie Babbitt dies at age 84

Natalie Babbitt's classic novel, "Tuck Everlasting," was first published in 1975. It follows a girl who stumbles onto a mysterious family that's discovered the secret to eternal life.
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In 'Thanks for the Money,' comedian Joel McHale lampoons celebrity memoirs

In 'Thanks for the Money,' comedian Joel McHale lampoons celebrity memoirs

McHale says the problem with the genre is a lot of celebrities don't have enough of a story to fill an entire book. ("My life certainly didn't.") So in "Thanks for the Money," he makes stuff up.

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Faith, sex and the South intersect in 'Virgin'

Faith, sex and the South intersect in 'Virgin'

April Ayers Lawson's debut story collection features young, often sheltered characters struggling with intimacy in a world where ordinary uncertainties are amplified by a fundamentalist upbringing.
by Heller McAlpin

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A harrowing tale of Cold War escape in 'The Tunnels'

A harrowing tale of Cold War escape in 'The Tunnels'

A new book explores a time in the early 1960s when two groups of diggers built tunnels under the Berlin Wall that were filmed and financed by U.S. television networks.

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'Ghostland' gets at the truth behind haunted houses

'Ghostland' gets at the truth behind haunted houses

Colin Dickey traveled to some of the country's most haunted places, from the Winchester Mystery House to Civil War battlefields, to investigate what gives rise to ghost stories.
by Tracy Mumford

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Ask a bookseller: Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Ask a bookseller: Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The owner of the Literati Bookstore recommends a book that traces the aftermath of a marketplace bombing in northern India: "It explores the indiscriminate nature of terror, which is extremely timely today."
by Tracy Mumford

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