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Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes is an event discussion series from MPR News and the Minnesota Star Tribune. Join award-winning journalist and MPR News host Kerri Miller as she talks with notable authors from across the world. 

Meet us back in the historic Fitzgerald Theater this fall for five special events with authors including Stacey Abrams, Patricia Lockwood, Misty Copeland, John Grisham, and Kate Baer. Tickets available now. 

Thread Book Hour: Carter Meland and Terese Mailhot

Thread Book Hour: Carter Meland and Terese Mailhot

Today on MPR News Presents it's the Thread Book Hour with a duo of Native American authors.
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Thread Book Hour: Author and cultural critic Roxane Gay

Thread Book Hour: Author and cultural critic Roxane Gay

The Fast and the Furious, feminism, CSI, and Little House on the Prairie. What do all those topics have in common? Writer Roxane Gay.
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Thread Book Hour: David Grann, 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Thread Book Hour: David Grann, 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Best-selling author David Grann tells the story of a little-remembered crime that modernized investigative procedure in the United States.
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Thread Book Hour: Dan Brown, author of 'Origin'

Thread Book Hour: Dan Brown, author of 'Origin'

Kerri Miller interviews best-selling author Dan Brown about his latest novel, "Origin," for the Talking Volumes series.
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Thread Book Hour: Stephen Greenblatt and Mark Bowden

Thread Book Hour: Stephen Greenblatt and Mark Bowden

Thread Book Hour featuring Stephen Greenblatt on "The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve" and Mark Bowden on "Hue, 1968."
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Thread Book Hour: Jacqueline Woodson 'Talking Volumes'

Thread Book Hour: Jacqueline Woodson 'Talking Volumes'

A conversation with Jacqueline Woodson, author of "Another Brooklyn" and "Brown Girl Dreaming."
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Thread Book Hour: Sherman Alexie on the aftermath of the 'Native American Apocalypse'

Thread Book Hour: Sherman Alexie on the aftermath of the 'Native American Apocalypse'

MPR's Kerri Miller interviews author Sherman Alexie as part of the "Talking Volumes" series at the Fitzgerald Theater. He's written a memoir about his mother, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me."
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Thread Book Hour: Conversations with Claire Messud and Nicole Krauss

Thread Book Hour: Conversations with Claire Messud and Nicole Krauss

MPR News host Kerri Miller interviews novelists Claire Messud and Nicole Krauss about two of the most highly acclaimed books of 2017, "The Burning Girl" and "Forest Dark."
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