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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.

Big Books and Bold Ideas

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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Sign up for The Thread newsletter to 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.

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.

Author Michael Lewis on ‘The Premonition’

Author Michael Lewis on ‘The Premonition’

Michael Lewis, the author of “The Big Short” and “Moneyball,” has a new book out called “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.” He spoke with MPR News about how it came together.
by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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Reality TV inspired this poetic look at people and the things they hoard

Reality TV inspired this poetic look at people and the things they hoard

In her latest book of poems, artist Kate Durbin looks at modern consumerism and the way people process trauma and loss through the objects they hoard. Durbin was inspired by the A&E show “Hoarders.”
by Jeevika Verma

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In 'Facing the Mountain' Japanese-Americans sacrifice for a country that spurns them

In 'Facing the Mountain' Japanese-Americans sacrifice for a country that spurns them

Daniel James Brown writes a fascinating account of some of the bravest Americans who ever lived; it's also a sobering reminder of a dark history — of anti-Asian racism that never really went away.
by Michael Schaub

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How health care in the U.S. may change after COVID: An optimist's outlook

How health care in the U.S. may change after COVID: An optimist's outlook

Doctors meeting patients where they are. The use of technology in truly innovative ways. These are among the many positive changes brought by the pandemic, Dr. Shantanu Nundy argues in a new book.
by John Henning Schumann

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A Constitutional quirk inspired Stacey Abrams' new thriller, 'While Justice Sleeps'

A Constitutional quirk inspired Stacey Abrams' new thriller, 'While Justice Sleeps'

Article III of the Constitution gives Supreme Court justices lifetime appointments — but doesn't cover what to do if they become incapacitated. For Abrams, that was the spark for an exciting story.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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