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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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Sign up for The Thread newsletter to get reading recommendations from Kerri Miller and other bookworms around the MPR newsroom. Sam Stroozas rounds up local events and Minnesota book news you may have missed.

Ask a Bookseller

Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where host Emily Bright 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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Big Books and Bold Ideas is a weekly series hosted by Kerri Miller and produced by Kelly Gordon every Friday at 11 a.m., featuring conversations about books and other literary ideas. Listen to Big Books and Bold Ideas here.

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.

Savor the quiet sweetness of 'The Blue Girl'

Savor the quiet sweetness of 'The Blue Girl'

This surreal new novel is set in a small lakeside town where the local mothers bake their secret confessions into moon pies.
by Juan Vidal

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Birds, bees and the power of sex appeal: The ribald lives of flowers

Birds, bees and the power of sex appeal: The ribald lives of flowers

Flowers have played a surprising role in global trade and history, says ecologist Stephen Buchmann.

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'Mexican WhiteBoy' tackles race for young adult readers

'Mexican WhiteBoy' tackles race for young adult readers

Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' is flying off the shelves, but here's another book that could use more attention.
by Kerri Miller

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The Thread Book Club: 'In a Dark Wood'

The Thread Book Club: 'In a Dark Wood'

In one tragic instant, Joseph Luzzi became a widower and a first-time father. His memoir describes how he turned to the 14th century poet Dante to find his way through the grief.
by MPR News Staff

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The oldest murder mystery in Minnesota

The oldest murder mystery in Minnesota

In 1839, the badly beaten body of John Hays was found on the shores of the Mississippi River. Edward Phalen, an early St. Paul settler, was the first suspect.
by Tracy Mumford

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Debating the legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Debating the legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

A writer, a playwright and a high school English teacher discuss the continued resonance of "To Kill a Mockingbird," and how Harper Lee's new book could affect the classic's legacy.
by Syl Jones

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'The Way Things Were' is a detailed epic of modern India

'The Way Things Were' is a detailed epic of modern India

This story of an exiled princeling and his Manhattan-educated son also manages to include sprawling Sanskrit epics, knotty family dynamics and the recent history of India.
by Jason Sheehan

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