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Time catches up with us all in 'The Heavenly Table'

Time catches up with us all in 'The Heavenly Table'

Donald Ray Pollock's surreal, hardscrabble new novel is set in 1917, but it could just as well be 917; his characters are all lost in time and puzzled by the pace at which the future's coming at them.
by Jason Sheehan

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'Missing, Presumed' chronicles ups and downs of dating ... and detective work

'Missing, Presumed' chronicles ups and downs of dating ... and detective work

At the beginning of Susie Steiner's new thriller, a detective is on a date with a man whose name she can't remember. Not long after, a well-connected university student goes missing.

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Like these books? Here are 60+ things you might also like

Like these books? Here are 60+ things you might also like

You know that feeling when you put down a great book and all you want is more? We took 27 recent books and paired them with movies, musicals, TV shows, comics and podcasts to keep your buzz going.
by Nicole Cohen, Petra Mayer, Beth Novey and Rose Friedman

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Meet the guy who has been a hero, a pirate, a 'mountain of molten lust'

Meet the guy who has been a hero, a pirate, a 'mountain of molten lust'

Model Jason Aaron Baca has appeared on 475 romance book covers. By his tally, that's more than even Fabio. His is a story of hard work and luck in the swashbuckling, bodice-ripping world of romance.

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'Schumer' writer Jessi Klein on Barbies, ageism and pumping at the Emmys

'Schumer' writer Jessi Klein on Barbies, ageism and pumping at the Emmys

Klein won an Emmy in 2015 for her work on 'Inside Amy Schumer.' Her new book, 'You'll Grow Out of It,' is a collection of humorous personal essays.

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From private collection to lending library: Quatrefoil grows as resource for LGBT community

From private collection to lending library: Quatrefoil grows as resource for LGBT community

A new exhibition opens at the Hennepin History Museum in Minneapolis Thursday night on the Quatrefoil Library, one of just a few LGBT lending libraries in the nation. Over the past 30 years, it's grown into a research center and community space.
by Marianne Combs

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Sanders has book deal; will reflect on campaign

Sanders has book deal; will reflect on campaign

The book is scheduled to come out Nov. 15, a week after Election Day, and will include both his policy ideas for the future and reflections on his surprisingly strong run in the primaries.
by The Associated Press

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After shootings and protests, stores can't keep these books in stock

After shootings and protests, stores can't keep these books in stock

Three Twin Cities bookstores have sold out of Ta-Nehisi Coates' book, "Between the World and Me," in just the last week, and other titles are flying off the shelves.
by Tracy Mumford

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Wild, free and freezing: Blair Braverman's life in the north

Wild, free and freezing: Blair Braverman's life in the north

Blair Braverman's memoir about life in the Arctic and her path to sled dog racing has earned her the title of a "21st-century feminist reincarnation of Jack London."
by Tracy Mumford

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'Lab Girl': An illuminating memoir of a woman in science

'Lab Girl': An illuminating memoir of a woman in science

Hope Jahren was raised in Austin, Minn., where she escaped to the cornfields as a teenager. Her fascination with plants has continued ever since, to her current role as a geobiology professor at the University of Hawaii.
by MPR News Staff

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