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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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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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Classic books are full of problems. Why can't we put them down?

Classic books are full of problems. Why can't we put them down?

A recent study found that Dr. Seuss books can be pretty racist. It's highlighted a growing debate: Should schools teach classic books that may be problematic or trade them for socially conscious ones?
by Tiara Jenkins and Jessica Yarmosky

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Boris Fishman's 'Savage Feast' is part memoir, part cookbook

Boris Fishman's 'Savage Feast' is part memoir, part cookbook

Fishman's family came to the United States from Belarus in 1988; he writes that the hunger, terror and loss of World War II still shapes their attitudes towards food even after seven decades.
by David Greene

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'Separate' is an eye-opening journey through some of America's darkest passages

'Separate' is an eye-opening journey through some of America's darkest passages

Author Steve Luxenberg repeatedly manages to tell us stories around Plessy v. Ferguson that capture both the hope and the hopelessness that has been central to America's long argument about race.
by Terence Samuel

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Stories converge in a flooded 'Bangkok'

Stories converge in a flooded 'Bangkok'

Pitchaya Sudbanthad's novel follows a broad cast of characters who gradually come together in and around a condominium tower in Bangkok. It's a promising debut that expertly evokes a sense of place.
by Michael Schaub

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