Minnesota’s best writers on Big Books and Bold Ideas

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MPR News host Kerri Miller talks with writers from across the globe for Big Books and Bold Ideas — and that includes some of Minnesota's best, like Kao Kalia Yang, William Kent Krueger and Shannon Gibney.
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Big Book and Bold Ideas talks with authors from around the globe.

But our favorite moments come when host Kerri Miller sits down with Minnesota writers to talk about story, craft and how calling this state home influences both.

This week, we took a look back at some conversations with notable Minnesota authors, including Shannon Gibney, who just won her third Minnesota Book Award, Hmong writer Kao Kalia Yang and not-ashamed-to-be-a-mystery-writer William Kent Krueger.

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