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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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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.

John Updike, prize-winning writer, dead at age 76

John Updike, prize-winning writer, dead at age 76

John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, died Tuesday of lung cancer. He was 76.

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Local author's book wins Caldecott Award

Local author's book wins Caldecott Award

St. Paul poet and children's book author Susan Marie Swanson wrote the book that won this year's prestigious Caldecott Medal for best picture book. The illustrator is Beth Krommes of New Hampshire. The book is called "The House in the Night."
by Tom Crann

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Author Neil Gaiman's spooky book wins Newbery honor

Author Neil Gaiman's spooky book wins Newbery honor

Local best-selling author Neil Gaiman has received the top prize for children's literature: The John Newbery Medal, for "The Graveyard Book."
by Euan Kerr

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Jeffrey Hatcher finds new depths in 'Jekyll and Hyde'

Jeffrey Hatcher finds new depths in 'Jekyll and Hyde'

This weekend, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will stalk the stage of the Park Square Theater in St. Paul. Twin Cities playwright Jeffrey Hatcher adapted and expended Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of the man of science who releases his inner evil by drinking a potion.
by Euan Kerr

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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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