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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

The Thread from MPR News

The Thread® is your source for book recommendations and other literary news.

Ask a Bookseller

Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. Listen to Ask a Bookseller to find your next favorite book.

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Big Books and Bold Ideas is a weekly series hosted by Kerri Miller every Friday at 11 a.m., featuring conversations about books and other literary ideas. Listen to Big Books and Bold Ideas here.

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Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes is back for its 25th season. Join us at the Fitzgerald Theater for four special events with renowned authors, celebrating our anniversary with a special $25 ticket price for MPR members and Star Tribune subscribers. Buy tickets here.

Mapping a path forward for the Asian diaspora in 'Imagine Us, The Swarm'

Mapping a path forward for the Asian diaspora in 'Imagine Us, The Swarm'

In her latest collection, Chinese American poet Muriel Leung considers what it means to assimilate, and ultimately heal, against the collective memory of grief and vulnerability.
by Jeevika Verma

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Slavery wasn't 'long ago': A writer exposes the disconnect in how we tell history

Slavery wasn't 'long ago': A writer exposes the disconnect in how we tell history

In “How the Word is Passed,” Clint Smith visits eight places central to the history of slavery in America, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation and Louisiana's Angola prison.
by Terry Gross

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What's in a genre name? The trouble with 'Asian fantasy'

What's in a genre name? The trouble with 'Asian fantasy'

Asian fantasy has been increasingly popular over the past few years, but some authors shelved in that category are wondering whether it's really a useful way of describing a vast and varied subgenre.
by Kalyani Saxena

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A few 'take to the lake' crime novels

A few 'take to the lake' crime novels

Kerri Miller is here just in time for the official start of the summer with a bunch of “take it to the lake” crime novels & thrillers that you can find in your local library.
by Kerri Miller

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Benjamin Percy novel re-imagines Minnesota as meteor-strewn center of geopolitics

Benjamin Percy novel re-imagines Minnesota as meteor-strewn center of geopolitics

While prolific novelist and comic book writer Benjamin Percy moved to Minnesota almost a decade ago, it's only now he's written a book based in his adopted state. "The Ninth Metal" delves into the politics and environmental battles of northern Minnesota, but it does so as science fiction.
by Euan Kerr

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A stunning graphic novel uncovers the history of enslaved women who fought back

A stunning graphic novel uncovers the history of enslaved women who fought back

“Wake,” by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez, blends passion and fact to set a new standard for illustrated history: Not just action scenes of daring, desperate women, but the struggle to make them known.
by Etelka Lehoczky

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