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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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Sign up for The Thread newsletter to get reading recommendations from Kerri Miller and other bookworms around the MPR newsroom. Find reviews for new releases, as well as hidden gems you may have missed.

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.

What does Shakespeare have to do with 'energy?' (Trust us, there's a link)

What does Shakespeare have to do with 'energy?' (Trust us, there's a link)

In his new book, Richard Rhodes lays out an accessible and surprisingly optimistic history of energy by exploring the lives of scientists and inventors -- and a few unlikely people, like the Bard of Avon.
by Michael Schaub

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Americans say government is broken. Can it be fixed?

Americans say government is broken. Can it be fixed?

Journalist Steven Brill wanted to find out why so many Americans have lost faith in their government. What he discovered fills "Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall — and Those Fighting to Reverse It."
by Stephanie Curtis and Elizabeth Shockman

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Sexuality, mortality, failure -- 'My Ex-Life' has fun asking big questions

Sexuality, mortality, failure -- 'My Ex-Life' has fun asking big questions

A divorced couple reconnects after nearly 30 years apart in Stephen McCauley's new novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan says "My Ex-Life" is a social satire that's "suffused with generosity."
by Maureen Corrigan

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Thread Book Hour: Arundhati Roy

Thread Book Hour: Arundhati Roy

Kerri Miller interviews Man Booker Award winning author Arundhati Roy.

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Murakami mesmerizes with his fiction, but his nonfiction is not to be missed

Murakami mesmerizes with his fiction, but his nonfiction is not to be missed

In the late 90s, Haruki Murakami published a nonfiction account of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. Bookseller Lucas Mcguffie calls it a mix of "literature and journalism."
by Tracy Mumford

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