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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.

Confronting the challenges of faith

Confronting the challenges of faith

A former nun writes about her time in a monastery, her relationship with a priest, and the journey of self-discovery she embarked on after leaving the cloistered life.

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Jasper Fforde's 'Nursery Crimes'

Jasper Fforde's 'Nursery Crimes'

Author Jasper Fforde likes to play around with stories -- often other people's stories. Now he's written a book that looks at the tale of "The Three Bears" for what he says it really is -- a crime story.
by Euan Kerr

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George Rabasa's borders

George Rabasa's borders

Minnesota writer George Rabasa likes to take his characters to the borders of countries and morality. In his latest novel, "The Cleansing," Rabasa tells the story of three friends who met in Mexico and have haunted each other's lives for decades.
by Sea Stachura

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Voice of this Generation

Voice of this Generation

The Elizabethans had Shakespeare. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway spoke for the jazz age and lost generation. How do writers tap into the collective imagination, and become the voice of a generation? Does that even happen anymore? Next on Midmorning.

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St. Paul names first poet laureate

St. Paul names first poet laureate

Minnesota's capital city has its first poet laureate, St. Paul resident Carol Connolly. Connolly is a published poet and columnist. She has been active in local and state politics for years, and her first commissioned poem will come on Aug. 2, during Mayor Chris Coleman's budget address.

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New book brings life to the spirit of Gitchi Gumee

New book brings life to the spirit of Gitchi Gumee

A new children's picture book takes readers on a journey across Gitchi Gumee -- Lake Superior. In the process, they learn about respect and patience, taught by the spirit of the big lake itself, Gitchi Gumee.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Homegrown summer children's books

Homegrown summer children's books

You can travel to an archeological dig in Belize, or join a pack of roaming dogs near the Minnesota-Canadian border. Minnesota children's book author Mary Casanova is out with two new books this summer and both are packed with adventure.
by Greta Cunningham

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Words that shaped America

Words that shaped America

An historian reflects on 10 ideals that helped define American identity, and the new meaning they've taken on in post-9/11 America.

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There once was a poet named Calvin...

There once was a poet named Calvin...

Calvin Trillin fancies himself one of the few "deadline poets." He says one of the hardest things about writing satiric, topical poetry for the Nation every week is finding words to rhyme with names like Bush and Clinton.

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Finding enlightenment in daily life

Finding enlightenment in daily life

Minnesota author Mary Rose O'Reilly writes about her rebellion against canned spirituality in the wake of national and personal disasters, 9-11 and the death of her mother.

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