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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.

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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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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.

The stories in ‘Green Frog’ are wildly entertaining and wonderfully diverse

The stories in ‘Green Frog’ are wildly entertaining and wonderfully diverse

Gina Chung’s collection is a fantastic medley of short stories that dance between literary fiction, fable, Korean folklore and science fiction — and one that’s full of emotional intelligence.
by Gabino Iglesias

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‘The Extinction of Irena Rey’ asks: Can anything be truly individual and independent?

‘The Extinction of Irena Rey’ asks: Can anything be truly individual and independent?

Jennifer Croft’s novel, centered on a group of translators working on a book, is surprising at every turn, moving from profound observations about nature, art, and communication — to surreal events.
by Ilana Masad

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3 collections take the poetic measure of America in the aftermath of the pandemic

3 collections take the poetic measure of America in the aftermath of the pandemic

New collections “The Gone Thing,” “Silver” and “Modern Poetry” offer, if not a solution to trying times in America, then a kind of truth-telling companion, a mirror with a real person on both sides of it.
by Craig Morgan Teicher

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‘Anita de Monte Laughs Last’ is a complex dissection of art, gender and marriage

‘Anita de Monte Laughs Last’ is a complex dissection of art, gender and marriage

Xochitl Gonzalez’s novel looking at relationship power dynamics is a thought-provoking and brilliantly entertaining triumph that surpasses the promise of her popular debut “Olga Dies Dreaming.”
by Carole V. Bell

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