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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.

The Resurrection Trade

The Resurrection Trade

"Splayed, flayed and displayed." That's how Minnesota poet Leslie Adrienne Miller says women were illustrated in 18th century anatomical texts. Now she has a new book about it.
by Sea Stachura

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Christopher Moore takes a bite out of vampires

Christopher Moore takes a bite out of vampires

The title of Christopher Moore's new comedic novel about vampires consists of a phrase rarely, if ever, heard on public radio.
by Euan Kerr

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Holy Cow! It's 30 years old!

Holy Cow! It's 30 years old!

If you had to name the home of the oldest literary presses in Minnesota, you'd probably say the Twin Cities. But to be correct, you'd also have to mention Duluth. It's home to Holy Cow! Press, which is celebrating its third decade.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Author John Banville crosses the line into crime fiction

Author John Banville crosses the line into crime fiction

There are few more serious novelists writing today than John Banville, whose novel, "The Sea," won the Man Booker prize in 2005. Banville has now crossed the divide into crime fiction, writing his latest novel, "Christine Falls," under the name of Benjamin Black.

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The dangers of mixing religion and politics

The dangers of mixing religion and politics

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland and eldest daughter of Robert Kennedy, is out with a new book -- "Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way." She participated in a forum on faith and politics March 18 at the Kennedy Library in Boston.

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Women's poetry collected in new book

Women's poetry collected in new book

Poetry readers in Duluth are celebrating the appearance of a new book. It's a collection of poems by Minnesota women, going all the way back to pioneer days. It's called "To Sing Along the Way."
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Adventures of a mailman

Mail Route 17 is in the Nokomis neighborhood of Minneapolis. One man, Vincent Wyckoff, probably knows as much about it as anybody. Wyckoff has delivered the mail on Route 17 for more than 15 years, and now he's written a book about his experiences.

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From history to philosophy, a love of heroes

From history to philosophy, a love of heroes

St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington talks about how books like "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" and Thoreau's "Walden" have made an impact on his life.

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Alison McGhee and the power of community

Alison McGhee and the power of community

Author Alison McGhee has lived in Minnesota for years, but she's never set a novel here -- until now. McGhee's new book, "Falling Boy," is the latest selection of the Talking Volumes regional book club.
by Kerri Miller

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