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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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A.M. Homes: Short stories are 'food for the soul and for the mind'

A.M. Homes: Short stories are 'food for the soul and for the mind'

Her first story collection in 15 years is called "Days of Awe," and it covers everything from a chat room for bird lovers, to a summit on genocide, to a superstore where someone's abandoned a baby.
by Audie Cornish

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Somali refugee Abdi Nor Iftin: 'I am here to make America great'

Somali refugee Abdi Nor Iftin: 'I am here to make America great'

Back in Somalia, Abdi Nor Iftin was nicknamed "Abdi the American," and his love of this country put him in danger -- but then he got a visa to come here. Iftin has a new memoir out: "Call Me American."
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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How a black detective infiltrated the KKK

How a black detective infiltrated the KKK

In "Black Klansman," Ron Stallworth writes about an undercover investigation in which he -- an African-American police detective -- convinced the Ku Klux Klan that he was one of them.

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Native American author Tommy Orange feels a 'burden to set the record straight'

Native American author Tommy Orange feels a 'burden to set the record straight'

In his debut novel, "There There," Tommy Orange explores what it means to be an urban Indian. He says, "Native people look like a lot of different things. ... And we just need a new story to build from."
by Lynn Neary

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