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The Thread® - Books and 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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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.

'The Wonder' is a hard-to-believe talk of belief

'The Wonder' is a hard-to-believe talk of belief

Emma Donoghue's latest follows a nurse in 19th century Ireland who agrees to monitor a famed fasting girl. But both the unsympathetic nurse and the credulous villagers are hard to like or understand.
by Michael Schaub

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'Born to Run' is a 500-page Springsteen show

'Born to Run' is a 500-page Springsteen show

Can't see The Boss in concert? Pick up his new memoir, which begins with 7-year-old Springsteen watching Elvis on TV. From $3-a-night shows to swooning stadiums, it's a wild and well-written ride.
by Barbara J. King

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Love shifts the self in 'The Lesser Bohemians'

Love shifts the self in 'The Lesser Bohemians'

Eimear McBride's latest follows a young drama student who comes to London and falls for an older man. Her live, wriggling language makes a beautiful account of the ways the self is built and rebuilt.
by Annalisa Quinn

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'Into the Sun': Tracing the ripples of the war in Afghanistan

'Into the Sun': Tracing the ripples of the war in Afghanistan

Deni Ellis Bechard's new novel drops readers into Kabul, where a car bomb kills three expats working in the city. The friend they leave behind attempts to unravel the forces that caused their death.
by MPR News Staff

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