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Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes, a collaboration between MPR News and the Minnesota Star Tribune, returns for a landmark 27th season at a new location, the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium at St. Catherine University in St. Paul.

Join us this fall for five special events with authors including Marlon James, Lucy Foley, Min Jin Lee, Emily St. John Mandel and Colson Whitehead. Tickets available now.

Talking Volumes: Talking Race 2021 season guide

Talking Volumes: Talking Race 2021 season guide

Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune are proud to announce a special Talking Volumes series of virtual events centered around the topic of race in America. Join MPR News journalists Kerri Miller and Brandt Williams as they host engaging conversations with authors throughout the month of March.

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Talking Volumes: A conversation with Isabel Wilkerson

Talking Volumes: A conversation with Isabel Wilkerson

Kerri Miller hosts a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson about her new book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.”
by Kerri Miller

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Talking Volumes: A conversation with Sarah Broom

Talking Volumes: A conversation with Sarah Broom

Kerri Miller hosts a conversation with award-winning author Sarah Broom about her book “The Yellow House.”
by Kerri Miller

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Talking Volumes: A conversation with Helen Macdonald

Talking Volumes: A conversation with Helen Macdonald

Kerri Miller hosts a conversation with bestselling author Helen Macdonald about her new book “Vesper Flights.”
by Kerri Miller

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Talking Volumes: A conversation with Claudia Rankine

Talking Volumes: A conversation with Claudia Rankine

Kerri Miller hosts a conversation with poet, playwright, bestselling author, MacArthur Fellow, and Yale professor Claudia Rankine about her new collection “Just Us: An American Conversation.”
by Kerri Miller

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Talking Volumes 2020 season guide

Talking Volumes 2020 season guide

Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune are proud to announce the 21st season of Talking Volumes. Talking Volumes is hosted by award-winning MPR News journalist Kerri Miller.
by MPR News Staff

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Talking Volumes: Tim O’Brien on ‘Dad’s Maybe Book’

Talking Volumes: Tim O’Brien on ‘Dad’s Maybe Book’

Minnesota native Tim O’Brien joined MPR’s Brandt Williams on stage for Talking Volumes to discuss his first book in 10 years.

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Alice Hoffman on love, loss and family in ‘The World That We Knew’

Alice Hoffman on love, loss and family in ‘The World That We Knew’

MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with author Alice Hoffman as part of her Talking Volumes series at the Fitzgerald Theater. They discussed love and loss, what makes a family, and how we are shaped by those we cherish.
by Kerri Miller and Jeffrey Bissoy

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Thread Book Hour: Gordon Marino on 'The Existentialist's Survival Guide'

Gordon Marino, author of "The Existentialist's Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age."

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Thread Book Hour: U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith

Thread Book Hour: U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith

Since getting the job in 2017, Smith has been on a mission to take her poetry on the road, visiting rural areas where most writers aren't expected to go.
by MPR News Staff

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