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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.

Overdue by more than 120 years, library book finally finds its way home

Overdue by more than 120 years, library book finally finds its way home

The copy of "The Microscope and Its Revelations" was kept by a student who graduated in 1894. Now, over a century later, his 77-year-old granddaughter has sent it back. Don't worry about the late fees.
by Colin Dwyer

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'Drug Dealer, MD': Misunderstandings and good intentions fueled opioid epidemic

'Drug Dealer, MD': Misunderstandings and good intentions fueled opioid epidemic

Psychiatrist Anna Lembke says the medical establishment and drugmakers began telling doctors in the 1980s that opioids were effective treatment for chronic pain. "That was patently false," she says.

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Why sci-fi and fantasy matter

Why sci-fi and fantasy matter

Sci-fi and fantasy stories "can short-circuit our assumptions about the world around us," says author Ann Leckie.
by MPR News Staff

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Ask a bookseller: Print in Portland, Maine

Ask a bookseller: Print in Portland, Maine

Josh Christie's recommendation of the moment is for "the first book that's a deep dive into the activists of the Black Lives Matter movement and the police on the other side of these conflicts."
by Tracy Mumford

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