Thread Book Hour: U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith
Since getting the job in 2017, Smith has been on a mission to take her poetry on the road, visiting rural areas where most writers aren't expected to go.
Talking Volumes
Show collection items Thread Book Hour: Arundhati Roy
Kerri Miller interviews Man Booker Award winning author Arundhati Roy.
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.
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.
Jacqueline Woodson, Ambassador of Young People's Literature
Award-winning writer Jacqueline Woodson is the new "Ambassador of Young People's Literature."
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.
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.
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."
Thread Book Hour: Ron Chernow on Ulysses S. Grant and the reason for the Civil War
A Thread Book Hour featuring Kerri Miller's "Talking Volumes" interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow. His new book is titled, "Grant."
Thread Book Hour: Jacqueline Woodson 'Talking Volumes'
A conversation with Jacqueline Woodson, author of "Another Brooklyn" and "Brown Girl Dreaming."
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."
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."
Thread Book Hour: Authors take on American empathy and the edge of the world
The Thread features a conversation with novelist Stephanie Powell Watts about race, class and life in small-town America. Plus, hear from the author of a new novel about a quarter-life crisis at the South Pole.
Thread Book Hour: Sheryl Sandberg on post-traumatic growth
Kerri Miller's interview with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Sandberg's husband, Minneapolis native Dave Goldberg, died unexpectedly two years ago. To cope with her grief, Sandberg reached out to her friend, psychologist Adam Grant. Together, they wrote "Option B," a new book about surviving tragedy and building resiliency.
Thread Book Hour: Eddie Glaude Jr. on what it means to be American
Part 2: Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. explores that it means to be American, in conversation with MPR's Kerri Miller for the "Thread" book series. He's the author of "Democracy in Black."
Thread Book Hour: Eddie Glaude Jr. explores what it means to be American
Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. explores that it means to be American, in conversation with MPR's Kerri Miller for the "Thread" book series. He's the author of "Democracy in Black."
Thread Book Hour: Kao Kalia Yang
Award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang speaks about her books and the Hmong experience in Minnesota. Her book, "The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father" won a 2017 Minnesota Book Award and was a 2017 National Book Award finalist.
Thread Book Hour: David Grann on 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
In "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI," David Grann tells a gripping tale of greed, prejudice, and callousness.
Author Colson Whitehead: 'I'm on a very odd streak'
"Unfortunately it's too late to become a lawyer or a vet or something useful," Colson Whitehead joked at Talking Volumes. "So I'll just keep writing."
Talking Volumes: Gloria Steinem, 'My Life on the Road'
Activist, journalist and women's rights leader Gloria Steinem speaks about her new memoir, "My Life on the Road," at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.