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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

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 First Sister' is stylish, substantial — and very cool — space opera

'The First Sister' is stylish, substantial — and very cool — space opera

Linden A. Lewis's debut novel — first in a trilogy — mixes swashbuckling, social commentary and compelling queer characters in its tale of three warring factions in a spacefaring society.
by Jessica P. Wick

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'Tomboyland' stresses the importance of roots — and knowing when to grow up and away

'Tomboyland' stresses the importance of roots — and knowing when to grow up and away

Throughout her essays, Melissa Faliveno is constantly straddling blurry lines, never willing to let any of her topics lie comfortably still, always turning them over to look at another facet.
by Ilana Masad

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Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin explains the 'tragedy' of the Mueller investigation

Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin explains the 'tragedy' of the Mueller investigation

Toobin's new book, “True Crimes and Misdemeanors,” examines how Trump and his team outmaneuvered special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller, he says, gave Trump "a free pass" on obstruction of justice.
by Terry Gross

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A year after Toni Morrison's death, her visions of love stay with us

A year after Toni Morrison's death, her visions of love stay with us

Love is central to the work of Toni Morrison — she brought love to her examinations of Black life, and love itself was her enduring subject. But love isn't always a good or joyous thing in her work.
by marc rivers

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