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The Thread

The Thread from MPR News

A new twist on book talk

Ask a Bookseller: Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. Listen here.

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In 'Minor Feelings,' Asian American racial trauma is laid bare

In 'Minor Feelings,' Asian American racial trauma is laid bare

Cathy Park Hong's essays serve as a major reckoning, pulling no punches as the author uses her life's flashpoints to give voice to a wider Asian American experience, one with cascading consequences.
by Elise Hu

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'Apartment' will stay with you, long after you shut the door

'Apartment' will stay with you, long after you shut the door

Teddy Wayne's new novel is a portrait of loneliness and male insecurity set against the backdrop of academia in the mid-1990s — and a precious, rent-stabilized apartment in Manhattan.
by Heller McAlpin

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How a graphic novel resurrected a forgotten chapter in American history

How a graphic novel resurrected a forgotten chapter in American history

In “Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga,” Native artists retell the events of a brutal massacre in pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania and bring a painful history to life on the page.
by Jess Kung

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'Hood Feminism' is a call for solidarity in a less-than-inclusive movement

'Hood Feminism' is a call for solidarity in a less-than-inclusive movement

Mikki Kendall reveals how feminism has failed to consider populations too often excluded from the movement's banner — and forgotten to weigh the breadth of issues affecting the daily lives of many.
by Ericka Taylor

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Who should decide what books are allowed in prison?

Who should decide what books are allowed in prison?

"It's so important for people who are in prison to be able to have access to materials that give them hope and a reason to want to be part of society again, to want to engage, to see the future," says Rebecca Ginsburg of the Education Justice Project.
by Lee Gaines

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In 'Foul Is Fair,' Lady Macbeth goes to prep school

In 'Foul Is Fair,' Lady Macbeth goes to prep school

Hannah Capin's new young adult novel is a modern-day retelling of “Macbeth” — centered on Lady Macbeth, now a high-schooler taking bloody revenge on the prep school boys who assaulted her at a party.
by Alethea Kontis

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Survival of the friendliest: How our close friendships help us thrive

Survival of the friendliest: How our close friendships help us thrive

On average, people have only four very close relationships, author Lydia Denworth finds, and very few people can sustain more than six. But the effect of these few core relationships extends beyond our social lives.
by Elena Renken

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Author Dina Nayeri on breaking down stereotypes of the refugee experience

Author Dina Nayeri on breaking down stereotypes of the refugee experience

Dina Nayeri fled the Iran revolution with her family when she was 8. In her new book, "The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You," she examines what it means to be a refugee.
by Kerri Miller and Jeffrey Bissoy

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