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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.

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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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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.

Stirring, engrossing 'Woman's Hour' recounts the battle for suffrage

Stirring, engrossing 'Woman's Hour' recounts the battle for suffrage

Elaine Weiss's new book reminds us how close of a call women's suffrage was. It all rode on one yes vote in the Tennessee legislature, cast by a man who changed his mind after pressure from his mother.
by Jean Zimmerman

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'It just felt very wrong:' Sherman Alexie's accusers go on the record

'It just felt very wrong:' Sherman Alexie's accusers go on the record

Author Sherman Alexie issued a statement in his own defense last week after allegations of sexual harassment began to circulate online. Now, several of the women accusing him are speaking to NPR.
by Lynn Neary

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A sister shares 'Horrible and Wonderful' memories of her brother's life and death

A sister shares 'Horrible and Wonderful' memories of her brother's life and death

Comedy writer and TV producer Harris Wittels died of an overdose in 2015; a new book by his sister Stephanie Wittels Wachs came from her desperate need to talk to him, even yell at him after he died.

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Chinese classic 'Condor Heroes' takes wing in English

Chinese classic 'Condor Heroes' takes wing in English

Jin Yong's wildly popular historical series "Legends of the Condor Heroes" has been adapted many times for Chinese TV, movies and comics, and now the first volume has been translated into English.
by Alan Yu

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