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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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A cookbook for healthy eating -- in prison

A cookbook for healthy eating -- in prison

Behind bars, it takes ingenuity, other prisoners and a little help from the commissary to approximate a proper diet. That's what rapper Prodigy of hip-hop's Mobb Deep learned after going to prison.
by Tove Danovich

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Growing up as a bank robber's daughter in 'Bandit'

Growing up as a bank robber's daughter in 'Bandit'

Kids eventually realize their parents are real people, says author Molly Brodak. But in her new memoir, she talks about another sort of realization: That her father was dishonest, and a criminal.

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Ask a bookseller: Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, Mont.

Ask a bookseller: Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, Mont.

Debut novelists don't always get the respect they deserve, but bookseller Carson Evans is a fan of first-timers. Her fall book pick is "The Mothers" by Brit Bennett.
by Tracy Mumford

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Cuba is a dream that doesn't let go in 'The Mortifications'

Cuba is a dream that doesn't let go in 'The Mortifications'

Derek Palacio's new novel follows a family who escape Cuba, leaving their political rebel patriarch behind after he refuses to go with them. When he reappears decades later, their lives come apart.
by Jason Sheehan

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Talking Volumes: Gloria Steinem, 'My Life on the Road'

Talking Volumes: Gloria Steinem, 'My Life on the Road'

Activist, journalist and women's rights leader Gloria Steinem speaks about her new memoir, "My Life on the Road," at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.

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Here are the 2016 National Book Award finalists

Here are the 2016 National Book Award finalists

Minnesota author Kate DiCamillo, Colson Whitehead and Jacqueline Woodson are just three of the authors on the shortlists for the National Book Awards. The 20 books still in contention for the prizes were unveiled Thursday.
by Colin Dwyer

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Winston Churchill's great escape

Winston Churchill's great escape

Candice Millard's new book, "Hero of the Empire," dives into the early life and adventures of Winston Churchill, before he became a household name and world leader.
by MPR News Staff

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Moving, memorable 'Today Will Be Different' balances humor and tragedy

Moving, memorable 'Today Will Be Different' balances humor and tragedy

Maria Semple's new novel centers on erratic, overworked mother Eleanor, who makes a promise before the book begins: Today will be different. And it is, but not the way she expected or hoped for.
by Michael Schaub

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From fire hydrants to rescue work, dogs perceive the world through smell

From fire hydrants to rescue work, dogs perceive the world through smell

Dogs can sniff out people, drugs, bombs, cancer, time of day, oncoming storms and much more. In her new book "Being A Dog," Alexandra Horowitz explores the mysteries and mechanics of canine noses

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