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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.

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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.

If science could 'Clone a Mammoth,' could it save an elephant?

If science could 'Clone a Mammoth,' could it save an elephant?

De-extinction technology could soon bring back lost species -- or preserve endangered ones. In her new book, evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro explores the scientific and ethical challenges.

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Nightmare mothers from literature

Nightmare mothers from literature

Behold a bevy of literary ladies who won't be getting any brunch this Mother's Day.
by Tracy Mumford

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Does post-apocalyptic literature have a (non-dystopian) future?

Does post-apocalyptic literature have a (non-dystopian) future?

Store shelves and libraries are packed with post-apocalyptic, dystopian novels right now. Critic Jason Heller has some suggestions to help you wade through the floods. And the fires. And the fallout.
by Jason Heller

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How Jamaica inspired James Bond

How Jamaica inspired James Bond

Ian Fleming, the creator of 007, wrote the novels at Goldeneye, his Jamaican estate.
by Tracy Mumford

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Literary mysteries: Who is the real Mr. Darcy?

Literary mysteries: Who is the real Mr. Darcy?

A historian claims to have found the tall, dark and brooding inspiration behind the love interest of "Pride and Prejudice."
by Tracy Mumford

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Writer Jon Ronson on how shame rules the Internet

Jon Ronson's new book, "So You've Been Publicly Shamed," explores public shaming on the Internet.

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Who would you invite to your literary dinner party?

Name the three authors, dead or alive, who you would invite to your literary dinner party.

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A town divided over the next chapter of an iconic Harper Lee book

A town divided over the next chapter of an iconic Harper Lee book

There's plenty of speculation about whether the octogenarian author really intended to release the manuscript, discovered by her lawyer last year.
by Debbie Elliott

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