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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.

Big Books and Bold Ideas

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.

Talking Volumes: Wally Lamb

Talking Volumes: Wally Lamb

A broacast of Kerri Miller's conversation with author Wally Lamb about his new novel, "The Hour I First Believed." Recorded at the Fitzgerald Theater on November 20, 2008 as part of the Talking Volumes regional book club.

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Writers take aim at writing a novel, in a month

Writers take aim at writing a novel, in a month

For thousands of Minnesotans, this week is crunch week. It's not just because it's Thanksgiving, it's because they have to finish a novel by midnight Saturday.
by Euan Kerr

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Paul Feig celebrates the geek in all of us

Paul Feig celebrates the geek in all of us

Paul Feig has made a career out of making TV shows and films which examine the lives of geeks. His show "Freaks and Geeks" launched the careers of several people who are now big names in Hollywood. Now, Feig has now turned his talents to writing children's books.
by Euan Kerr

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Talk of the Stacks with Garrison Keillor

Talk of the Stacks with Garrison Keillor

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

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Minnesota Opera launches major initiative

Minnesota Opera launches major initiative

The Minnesota Opera is announcing a new multi-million dollar program called Minnesota OperaWorks that will make it a national leader in contemporary opera. And due to good luck, or good planning they've already raised more than half the funds.
by Euan Kerr

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Bob Woodward and the war within

Bob Woodward and the war within

The transition from the Bush administration to the Obama administration will be unique for a number of reasons. Author and journalist Bob Woodward talks to MPR's Tom Crann about President George Bush, Iraq and what happens in the transition to the Obama presidency.
by Tom Crann

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Bloom's new novel inspired by a journey

Bloom's new novel inspired by a journey

Author Amy Bloom's new novel tells the story of a Russian immigrant's attempts to adjust to America, and her trek across the country to try to find her lost daughter. Bloom was inspired by the legend of a young immigrant woman who tried to walk home to Siberia.

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St. Paul writer uses her own experience to create a historical fantasy

St. Paul writer uses her own experience to create a historical fantasy

A University of St. Thomas professor has written a historical fantasy for children, based on her experience as a tour guide on one of the uninhabited Apostle Islands.
by Euan Kerr

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Picturing the cold

Picturing the cold

Minneapolis photographer Stuart Klipper captures images on film of places most people will never have the chance to see in person. His new book "The Antarctic: From the Circle to the Pole" explores the stark loneliness of the Antarctic landscape.
by Marianne Combs

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Author takes democracy to the doorstep

Author takes democracy to the doorstep

James Read, author of 'Doorstep Democracy', ran for a Minnesota House seat back in 1992. However, instead of hiring door-to-door canvassers, Read did the work himself. Read ended up knocking on 7500 households and lost the election by only 98 votes.
by Tom Crann

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