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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.

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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.

Novel explores the horror of West Indian slavery

Novel explores the horror of West Indian slavery

Writer Marlon James is being hailed as a new voice of Jamaican literature - which is pretty remarkable given he lives in St Paul.
by Euan Kerr

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Minnesota author Bill Holm dies at 65

Minnesota author Bill Holm dies at 65

Minnesota author Bill Holm has died. Holm, who was also an English professor at Southwest Minnesota State University, was 65.
by Marianne Combs and Melanie Sommer

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Campaign in verse

Campaign in verse

Humorist Calvin Trillin's latest book of poems pokes fun at politics.

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Between the covers

Between the covers

Two veteran book critics have collaborated to recommend more than 600 books for women who love to read. Their aim was to create a list of books that reflect the different phases in women's lives, and the way that women read. Click on the title for a list of books from the show.

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All the president's books

All the president's books

Much has been made of President Obama's love of books, from his reading of Hemingway as a teenager to his study of biographies on Lincoln and FDR. Midmorning looks at other books that should be on the new president's reading list.

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Book picks and pans

Book picks and pans

Author and librarian Nancy Pearl offers her take on the best books of 2008.

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A father's tragedy shadows the son

A father's tragedy shadows the son

In his 2005 memoir, David Vann attempted to come to terms with his father's suicide by taking a voyage on a hopelessly unprepared boat. In his new novella and collection of short stories, "Legend of a Suicide," Vann comes back to the themes of loss and a father's legend that haunts his son.

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The Walker Art Center celebrates the book as art

The Walker Art Center celebrates the book as art

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is celebrating the book as an art form with it's exhibition "Text/Messages." It features books from the Walker's library, created by Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali and Kara Walker among others.
by Marianne Combs

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Midmorning Book Club: 'Heart of Darkness'

Midmorning Book Club: 'Heart of Darkness'

Joseph Conrad's groundbreaking novel, "Heart of Darkness," explores what it means to be human in the midst of privation and violence. The interpretation of his book also has changed over time, sparking controversy along the way as well.

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Blogger hits big with musings on 'White People'

Blogger hits big with musings on 'White People'

Christian Lander makes people uncomfortable -- and makes them laugh. Lander, a native of Canada, is an Internet sensation for his satirical writings on his sblog, "Stuff White People Like."
by Euan Kerr

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