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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.

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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.

Neil Gaiman tries a new strategy

Neil Gaiman tries a new strategy

Later this week fans will likely pack a St Paul church to hear author Neil Gaiman, a writing rock star, read from his latest novel, "The Graveyard Book." He's often swamped at readings and now has devised a new way to keep himself physically accessible to his readers.
by Euan Kerr

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The diva and the ghost writer

The diva and the ghost writer

Minneapolis author George Rabasa's new novel, "The Wonder Singer," explores love, opera and the agony of writing.
by Euan Kerr

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Iraq War veteran shares experience through poetry

The experience of the Iraq War has been widely documented. But literary reaction to this war has been rare. That's what we get from poet -- and former Army Sergeant -- Brian Turner. Turner talked to Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Crann while visiting the Twin Cities for a reading.
by Tom Crann

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Chuck Palahniuk's 'Choke'

Chuck Palahniuk's 'Choke'

This weekend the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel "Choke" hits movie screens around the country.
by Euan Kerr

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Vatican Splendors come to Minnesota

Vatican Splendors come to Minnesota

Minnesotans have a chance to see more than 200 treasures from the Vatican in Rome.
by Marianne Combs

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Midmorning Book Club: 'All the King's Men'

Midmorning Book Club: 'All the King's Men'

It's considered one of the greatest novels about politics ever written, but some would say it's not as much about politics as it is about the human condition. The Midmorning Book Club examines Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men."

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New novel explores growing up Japanese-American

New novel explores growing up Japanese-American

Twin Cities writer David Mura's new novel, "Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire," explores the Japanese-American experience through the eyes of a boy growing up in Chicago just after World War II.
by Euan Kerr

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The novel behind 'Miracle at Santa Anna'

The novel behind 'Miracle at Santa Anna'

This weekend Spike Lee's new film "Miracle at Santa Anna" opens nationwide. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by James McBride.
by Euan Kerr

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Shopping for Porcupine

Shopping for Porcupine

Alaskan nature writer and photographer Seth Kantner says on balance he is glad vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is attracting attention to his home state. His new essay collection "Shopping for Porcupine" examines the conflict between Alaskan tradition and new economic realities.
by Euan Kerr

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Kathleen Norris investigates noonday demon

Kathleen Norris investigates noonday demon

There's a spiritual relative of depression that few understand or have explored. Writer Kathleen Norris talks about how the condition, known as acedia, has intersected with her life, and why the monastic life may hold the key to understanding the condition.

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