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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

The Thread from MPR News

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

Ask a Bookseller

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.

Big Books and Bold Ideas

Big Books and Bold Ideas is a weekly series hosted by Kerri Miller every Friday at 11 a.m., featuring conversations about books and other literary ideas. Listen to Big Books and Bold Ideas here.

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Sign up for The Thread newsletter to get reading recommendations from Kerri Miller and other bookworms around the MPR newsroom. Find reviews for new releases, as well as hidden gems you may have missed.

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. 

Tickets are now available for our 26th season. Join award-winning journalist and MPR News host Kerri Miller (and special guest host Catharine Richart) as they talk with authors including Stacey Abrams, Patricia Lockwood, Misty Copeland, John Grisham, and Kate Baer. 

Minnesota Opera has a devil of a good time with 'Faust'

Minnesota Opera has a devil of a good time with 'Faust'

The Minnesota Opera goes to the devil this weekend for its production of "Faust." In its heyday, Faust was the most popular opera in the world. Minnesota Opera staff say they hope to reveal its modern message through dance.
by Euan Kerr

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Poet Nikki Giovanni comes to Fitzgerald Theater

Poet Nikki Giovanni comes to Fitzgerald Theater

A powerful poet will grace the stage of the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul Thursday night. Nikki Giovanni is part of the Talking Volumes regional book club.

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Life as a Jewish partisan

Life as a Jewish partisan

The new film, "Defiance," tells the story of the Bielski brothers, who led a group of Jewish partisans living in the forests of Belarus during World War II. The film mirrors the experience of a Minnesota couple who fought in another Jewish partisan group in the same forest.
by Euan Kerr

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Nami Mun revisits being homeless

Nami Mun revisits being homeless

Writer Nami Mun's new novel "Miles from Nowhere," tells the heart rending tale of Joon, a Korean girl who runs away from her family to live on the streets of New York.
by Euan Kerr

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Rob Nelson and the B List

Rob Nelson and the B List

One of the side effects of the video and DVD revolution is people are able to easily watch films of yesteryear. The National Society of Film Critics is trying to help you find the good ones with a series of books of new reviews of older films.
by Euan Kerr

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A skirmish over words

A skirmish over words

Minneapolis writer Dobby Gibson just released a new collection of poetry called "Skirmish." He says it's a reference to the many small battles contained between the covers, including an ongoing battle between himself and his writing.
by Marianne Combs

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Garrison Keillor spins sonnets at Minneapolis Library

Garrison Keillor spins sonnets at Minneapolis Library

Author and humorist Garrison Keillor talked about poetry, writing and his own relationship with the library at the "Talk of the Stacks" series in November at the Hennepin County Library in downtown Minneapolis.

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Authors seek new ways to sell their work

Authors seek new ways to sell their work

Many authors are finding nowadays that even after they have written their book, had it edited and published, their work is not done. Today's authors are often left with the task of publicizing their work too.
by Euan Kerr

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Jonathan Winters' "A Christmas Carol"

Jonathan Winters' "A Christmas Carol"

Master comedian Jonathan Winters presents a distinctive reading of "A Christmas Carol," using a special performing edition prepared by Dickens for his own presentations.

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