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Author Manil Suri uses fiction to explore India

Author Manil Suri uses fiction to explore India

Indian-born author Manil Suri burst onto the literary scene in early 2001 with his novel, "The Death of Vishnu." Now he's completed his second work, "The Age of Shiva."
by Euan Kerr

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Celebrating and satirizing Anton Chekhov

Celebrating and satirizing Anton Chekhov

Actors and musicians in Minneapolis are using the dark heart of winter as the perfect setting for celebrating and satirizing the great Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.
by Marianne Combs

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Lynne Cox: swimming the cold seas

Lynne Cox: swimming the cold seas

She swam the English Channel as a teenager. In 1987, she crossed the Bering Strait between the Soviet Union and Alaska. Her toughest feat: swimming for 25 minutes near Antarctica in water cold enough to kill in much less time. In the rarified world of distance cold water swimming, Lynne Cox is the best known. She's also the author of two books on her adventures.

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Charles Baxter's new novel explores 'soul vampirism'

Charles Baxter's new novel explores 'soul vampirism'

Minneapolis writer Charles Baxter describes his new novel "The Soul Thief" as being about an extreme kind of identity theft which he calls "soul vampirism."
by Euan Kerr

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Geraldine Brooks finds mystery in an ancient text

Geraldine Brooks finds mystery in an ancient text

When Geraldine Brooks covered the Bosnian crisis for the Wall Street Journal, she became fascinated by the disappearance of the Sarajevo Haggadah, a prized medieval text. The story of its recovery launched what was to become Brooks' new novel, "People of the Book."
by Euan Kerr

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Why it's difficult to make a movie from a comic book

Why it's difficult to make a movie from a comic book

If you want to make an animated film out of a comic book, logic suggests just taking what's on the pages, make it move and slap it on the screen. Not so says Marjane Satrapi. She wrote the best selling "Persepolis" graphic novels and directed an award winning film based on the story.
by Euan Kerr

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Robert Bly takes on a Norwegian masterpiece

Robert Bly takes on a Norwegian masterpiece

Minnesota author and poet Robert Bly has written a new translation of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. It premieres on the Guthrie Theater stage this weekend.
by Marianne Combs

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Sara Paretsky revisits 'Bleeding Kansas'

Sara Paretsky revisits 'Bleeding Kansas'

After writing a string of hard-boiled detective novels featuring private eye V.I. Warshawski, author Sara Paretsky is returning to her roots. Her new novel, "Bleeding Kansas," is set in a small town on the prairie.
by Euan Kerr

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Dr. Jon Hallberg: Top medical stories of 2007

Dr. Jon Hallberg: Top medical stories of 2007

MPR's Tom Crann talks to Dr. Jon Hallberg about some of 2007's most interesting medical stories.

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