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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.

Would you learn a second language for love?

Would you learn a second language for love?

When Lauren Collins fell for a Frenchman, she didn't speak French. They could communicate in English, but she couldn't help but wonder: What was she missing?
by MPR News Staff

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For Tippi Hedren, Hitchcock's scares came off-screen

For Tippi Hedren, Hitchcock's scares came off-screen

In her new memoir, "Tippi," the actress speaks frankly about Hollywood, her career, and her complicated relationship with Alfred Hitchcock -- who made her a star, but also made her life hell.

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Ask a bookseller: Square Books in Oxford, Miss.

Ask a bookseller: Square Books in Oxford, Miss.

Bookseller Cody Morrison is excited that a pioneer woman's first-person account of life in the Mississippi Delta in the late 1800s has been put back into print.
by Tracy Mumford

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2016 Kirkus Prize winners: Jason Reynolds, C.E. Morgan and Susan Faludi

2016 Kirkus Prize winners: Jason Reynolds, C.E. Morgan and Susan Faludi

Reynolds' "As Brave as You" won in the literary award's category for young readers' literature; Morgan's "The Sport of Kings" won for fiction; and Faludi's "In the Darkroom" won for nonfiction.
by Colin Dwyer

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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."
by MPR News Staff

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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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