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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.

The Thread newsletter: Get reading recommendations from Kerri Miller and other bookworms around the MPR newsroom. Find reviews for new releases as well as hidden gems you may have missed. Sent every Friday.

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Everyone invited: 'Great Gatsby' copyright to end in 2021

Anyone will be allowed to publish the book, adapt it to a movie, make it into an opera or stage a Broadway musical. No longer will you need to get permission to write a sequel, a prequel, a Jay Gatsby detective novel or a Gatsby narrative populated with zombies.
by The Associated Press

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In true tale 'The Third Rainbow Girl,' townspeople accuse one another of murder

In true tale 'The Third Rainbow Girl,' townspeople accuse one another of murder

Emma Copley Eisenberg's book offers a deep-dive into rural Appalachia — and digs into questions of how misogyny and bias can take root inside a community — as she tracks a double murder.
by Rachel Veroff

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In 'Agency,' William Gibson builds a bomb that doesn't boom (and that's OK)

In 'Agency,' William Gibson builds a bomb that doesn't boom (and that's OK)

Gibson's new novel is a sequel to 2014's “The Peripheral,” jumping back and forth in time as investigators, military contractors and killers chase down a rogue AI, and tensions flare in the Middle East.
by Jason Sheehan

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Counter Stories: Sisters in Loss

Counter Stories: Sisters in Loss

The Counter Stories team look at the effect of implicit bias and institutional racism on women’s reproductive health.

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'Kingdomtide' and 'Dear Edward': 2 new novels take on a singular situation

'Kingdomtide' and 'Dear Edward': 2 new novels take on a singular situation

If the chances of dying in a plane crash are slim, being the sole survivor is even less likely — but that's the premise for two new novels, Ann Napolitano's Dear Edward and Rye Curtis's Kingdomtide.
by Heller McAlpin

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