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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

The Thread® is your source for book recommendations and other literary news.

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Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. Listen to Ask a Bookseller to find your next favorite book.

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Talking Volumes

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. 

Tracy K. Smith prescribes poetry as a balm to our wounds in 'Fear Less'

Tracy K. Smith prescribes poetry as a balm to our wounds in 'Fear Less'

Are you convinced poetry is some code you just can’t crack? In her new book, “Fear Less,” former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith says poems are like cars: they’re meant to take you somewhere.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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What makes a good book-to-film adaptation? We have thoughts (and favorites)

What makes a good book-to-film adaptation? We have thoughts (and favorites)

NPR shares beloved books that made the transition to the big screen, and they’re prepared to discuss and debate why each of them works — and why they believe they’re the best of all time.
by Glen Weldon, B.A. Parker, Barrie Hardymon, Andrew Limbong, Carly Rubin, Liz Metzger, Mike Katzif and Jessica Reedy

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Indie bookstores provide readers with information, relief amid ICE surge 

Indie bookstores provide readers with information, relief amid ICE surge 

Twin Cities bookstores are responding to heightened fear around ICE activity by transforming their shops into hubs for community support, political understanding and emotional refuge, as readers turn to books, children’s resources and author fundraisers to navigate a climate of anxiety and resistance.
by Emily Bright

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Ask a Bookseller: A few books for understanding how language gets weaponized 

Ask a Bookseller: A few books for understanding how language gets weaponized 

With the surge of ICE operations in Minnesota now in its third month, indie bookstore owners in the Twin Cities and beyond say that customers are coming in looking for three things: community, books to help them understand what's happening, and books to help them escape.  
by Emily Bright

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How Rupert Murdoch created a media empire — and ‘broke’ his own family

How Rupert Murdoch created a media empire — and ‘broke’ his own family

Journalist Gabriel Sherman has covered the Murdoch family for nearly two decades. In his new book, “Bonfire of the Murdochs,” he chronicles the protracted public battle for control the family business.
by Sam Fragoso

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