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The Thread

The Thread from MPR News

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Betsey Johnson talks fashion, love and motherhood in self-titled memoir

Betsey Johnson talks fashion, love and motherhood in self-titled memoir

The designer who has been pushing fashion boundaries for decades reveals more about the woman behind the brand — the whimsy and fun, but also difficult times, from relationships to health challenges.
by Michel Martin

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'Apsara Engine' doesn't break the graphic novel rules — it ignores them

'Apsara Engine' doesn't break the graphic novel rules — it ignores them

Bishakh Som's new comics collection is uncanny and hard to categorize — science-fictiony, mythic and humanistic, without making any particular assumptions about where humans as a species are going.
by Etelka Lehoczky

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In 'Becoming Wild,' Carl Safina takes us inside the cultures of animals

In 'Becoming Wild,' Carl Safina takes us inside the cultures of animals

Combining the knowledge of a seasoned scientist and the skills of a good storyteller, the ecologist-author invites us to leave our cultural worlds and enter some animal ones to see just how they work.
by Barbara J. King

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In 'Notes From An Apocalypse,' the end of the world is a state of mind

In 'Notes From An Apocalypse,' the end of the world is a state of mind

In charming, anxious, tender essays, writer Mark O'Connell examines his own apocalyptic frame of mind by taking "a series of perverse pilgrimages" to subcultures preparing for the end of the world.
by Annalisa Quinn

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