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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 true story about schizophrenia

A true story about schizophrenia

Writer Sandra Allen received a fat manila envelope in the mail one day, filled with a stack of yellowed paper about a half inch thick. Allen had always heard about "crazy" Uncle Bob, but the manuscript they read that day opened up a window into the complex mind of someone living with mental illness.
by Kerri Miller and Suzanne Pekow

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'Sharp' is a dinner party you want to be at

'Sharp' is a dinner party you want to be at

Michelle Dean's new compendium of outspoken women is as stimulating and insightful as its roster of guests -- ten writers, from Dorothy Parker to Pauline Kael, who pulled no punches on the page.
by Heller McAlpin

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'Heads of the Colored People' takes on the pressures of being 'the only one'

'Heads of the Colored People' takes on the pressures of being 'the only one'

Nafissa Thompson-Spires' new story collection is full of characters coping with being not just black in a white world -- but the only black person in their worlds. She says that's a hard role to fill.
by Audie Cornish

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The most frequently challenged books of 2017

The most frequently challenged books of 2017

Jay Asher's "Thirteen Reasons Why" and Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" top the American Library Association's list of "challenged" books from 2017. The list also includes Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and Angie Thomas' "The Hate U Give."
by The Associated Press

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'No one meant to be in my office': A divorce lawyer's tips on staying together

'No one meant to be in my office': A divorce lawyer's tips on staying together

James Sexton has seen the demise of more than a thousand marriages -- which inspired him to write a new book on how to keep it together. His advice? Keep communicating, and be painfully honest.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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