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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.

A mean ghost story and a souped-up crime novel will wise you up fast

A mean ghost story and a souped-up crime novel will wise you up fast

“The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die,” by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, centers on an Indian family haunted by a jealous ghost. And S. A. Cosby's “Blacktop Wasteland” is a noir thriller — with muscle cars.
by Maureen Corrigan

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American Christianity must reckon with legacy of white supremacy, author says

American Christianity must reckon with legacy of white supremacy, author says

“White Too Long” author Robert P. Jones says churches should be more in vocal on issues of social justice: "White Christians have been largely silent ... and have hardly begun these conversations."
by Terry Gross

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A new book traces the history of boy bands, the pop phenomenon 'Larger Than Life'

A new book traces the history of boy bands, the pop phenomenon 'Larger Than Life'

Author and music critic Maria Sherman talks about her new book, “Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS” and forgoing rock elitism to give into the joy of boy band pop songs.
by Ari Shapiro and Mallory Yu

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The impact of white evangelicals on U.S. politics

The impact of white evangelicals on U.S. politics

In her latest book, history and gender studies professor Kristin Kobes Du Mez looks at how white American evangelicalism has changed over time and what it — and Christian manhood — has meant for U.S. politics. She spoke with MPR News host Kerri Miller about the book.
by Kerri Miller and Breann Schossow

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Norm Eisen says he drafted 10 articles of impeachment a month before inquiry

Norm Eisen says he drafted 10 articles of impeachment a month before inquiry

In a new book, “A Case for the American People,” the Judiciary Committee special counsel during impeachment traces the process. Of Trump, he tells NPR: "He understands what he's doing. It is a pattern."
by Ari Shapiro

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