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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.

Fitzgerald didn't satisfy this author, so she wrote her own 'Gatsby'-inspired novel

Fitzgerald didn't satisfy this author, so she wrote her own 'Gatsby'-inspired novel

Stephanie Powell Watts' 'No One Is Coming to Save Us' isn't quite a retelling of 'The Great Gatsby'; instead, it uses similar themes to tell a story about black characters in a declining furniture town.
by Ari Shapiro

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File this under nostalgia: New book pays tribute to the library card catalog

File this under nostalgia: New book pays tribute to the library card catalog

Today, people use the antique wooden cabinets to store their knick-knacks. But these card catalogs once held the keys to a world of information. A new Library of Congress book explores their history.
by Andrew Limbong

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File this under nostalgia: New book pays tribute to the library card catalog

File this under nostalgia: New book pays tribute to the library card catalog

Today, people use the antique wooden cabinets to store their knick-knacks. But these card catalogs once held the keys to a world of information. A new Library of Congress book explores their history.
by Andrew Limbong

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Trump's win changed the game for publishers on the left and the right

Trump's win changed the game for publishers on the left and the right

For years, conservative publishers thrived as their readers flocked to books aimed directly at taking down the party in power. Now, with Republicans in control, they have to rethink their strategy.
by Lynn Neary

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The Thread Live: 2017 authors announced

The Thread Live: 2017 authors announced

The Thread's 2017 season of author interviews has been announced: Four writers will bring discussions of identity, equality, friendship, hardship and buried history to the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul

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Nearly 40 years later, Jonestown offers a lesson in demagoguery

Nearly 40 years later, Jonestown offers a lesson in demagoguery

In 1978, more than 900 followers of the Rev. Jim Jones committed mass suicide in Guyana. In his new book, 'The Road to Jonestown,' journalist Jeff Guinn details how Jones captivated so many.
by Terry Gross

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