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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.

Ask a Bookseller: ‘Art and Fear’

Ask a Bookseller: ‘Art and Fear’

Discover the inspirational power of perseverance in artmaking with “Art and Fear,” a favorite of bookseller and amateur painter Elaine Eckert of Dickson Books.
by Emily Bright

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Can the fabric of a friendship be rewoven?

Can the fabric of a friendship be rewoven?

In her new novel, “Village Weavers,” author Myriam J. A. Chancy draws on her Haitian roots to share a story about friendship, family and what can stitch us back together after we are ripped apart.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Leif Enger’s ‘cheerful refusal’ to accept despair infuses his new dystopian adventure novel

Leif Enger’s ‘cheerful refusal’ to accept despair infuses his new dystopian adventure novel

Duluth author Leif Enger’s dystopian novel “I Cheerfully Refuse” is set in and around an alternative Duluth where many of the things Minnesotans take for granted have just stopped working. It’s an adventure story with a bass-playing housepainter at its center, who is forced to take off in a sailboat across Lake Superior after a brush with evil.
by Euan Kerr

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Three Little Tardigrades: A Slightly Scientific Fairy Tale’

Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Three Little Tardigrades: A Slightly Scientific Fairy Tale’

Revati Kilaparti of Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins, Colo., said this book is a delight to read, with cute, colorful pictures and more information at the end that gives you a chance to learn about these versatile creatures.
by Emily Bright

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‘Worry’ is a disturbing and honest picture of what it’s like to be in your 20s

‘Worry’ is a disturbing and honest picture of what it’s like to be in your 20s

Alexandra Tanner’s debut novel, “Worry,” centers two sisters in their 20s struggling with the love, anxieties and truths that they hold about each other.
by Ailsa Chang, Alejandra Marquez Janse and Justine Kenin

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‘Always truth in their story’: How one author talks across political divides

‘Always truth in their story’: How one author talks across political divides

Author Mónica Guzmán says she’s the proud, liberal daughter of conservative parents. She wrote a book about how she navigates challenging political discussions — and how the rest of us can use the same techniques to preserve important relationships. 
by Catharine Richert

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