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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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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 prescription to modernize public health

A prescription to modernize public health

The pandemic was a crucible for public health. What are the key takeaways? Epidemiologist Dr. Sandro Galea offers his diagnosis and a prescription for public health going forward in his new book, “Within Reason: A Liberal Public Health for an Illiberal Time.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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New book tells untold story of Eliza Winston, an enslaved woman’s battle for freedom in Minnesota

New book tells untold story of Eliza Winston, an enslaved woman’s battle for freedom in Minnesota

St. Cloud State University Professor Christopher P. Lehman shares the struggle for freedom of Eliza Winston, who escaped her captors in 1860 while traveling with them in the free state of Minnesota.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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Sloane Crosley mourns her best friend in ‘Grief Is for People’

Sloane Crosley mourns her best friend in ‘Grief Is for People’

Russell Perreault hired Crosley when she was 25 and the two became very close. He died by suicide in 2019. Her first full-length book of nonfiction is a noteworthy addition to the literature of grief.
by Heller McAlpin

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Graywolf Press celebrates 50 years of publishing wild literature 

Graywolf Press celebrates 50 years of publishing wild literature 

Graywolf Press, a notable independent publisher based in Minneapolis, is celebrating its 50th anniversary, marking a significant milestone for the small but influential nonprofit organization.
by Emily Bright

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Kao Kalia Yang writes about finding her voice and her mother's journey in two new books

Kao Kalia Yang writes about finding her voice and her mother's journey in two new books

Kao Kalia Yang is releasing two new books in March: “The Rock in My Throat” about her childhood and “Where Rivers Part” about her mother’s life.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Tommy Orange’s ‘Wandering Stars’ is a powerful follow up to ‘There There’

Tommy Orange’s ‘Wandering Stars’ is a powerful follow up to ‘There There’

An eloquent indictment of the effects of the massacre, dislocation and forced assimilation of Native Americans, it is also a heartfelt paean to the importance of family and of ancestors’ stories.
by Heller McAlpin

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Heather Cox Richardson on 'Democracy Awakening'

Heather Cox Richardson on 'Democracy Awakening'

This week, Big Books and Bold Ideas is launching an election year series that asks: What is American democracy in 2024? Our first guest is historian Heather Cox Richardson, whose latest book is “Democracy Awakening.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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