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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.

Environmental journalist Oliver Milman on why you should care about 'The Insect Crisis'

Environmental journalist Oliver Milman on why you should care about 'The Insect Crisis'

Environmental journalist Oliver Milman says we are experiencing an unprecedented crisis in the world of insects. And it’s bad news for humans, too.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Diet culture can hurt kids. This author advises parents to reclaim the word 'fat'

Diet culture can hurt kids. This author advises parents to reclaim the word 'fat'

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith says efforts to fight childhood obesity have caused kids to absorb an onslaught of body-shaming messages. Her new book is “Fat Talk.”
by Tonya Mosley

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Ask a Bookseller: 'The God of Endings'

Ask a Bookseller: 'The God of Endings'

Josh Hames recommends local writer Jacqueline Holland, new novel, "The God of Endings." It's an unconventional vampire story, Hames says, that's a "genuinely felt human tale as much as it is inhuman."
by Emily Bright

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Encore presentation: Science journalist Ed Yong on how animals sense the world

Encore presentation: Science journalist Ed Yong on how animals sense the world

Animal Month on Big Books and Bold Ideas wouldn’t be complete without an encore presentation of a conversation host Kerri Miller had last year with award-winning science journalist Ed Yong. His book, “An Immense World,” looks at how different animals see the world, based on their unique sensory abilities.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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'Biting the Hand': Korean American author calls for weaponizing invisibility

'Biting the Hand': Korean American author calls for weaponizing invisibility

Korean American author Julia Lee pulls no punches about the experience of being Asian in the U.S. today, in her memoir “Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America.”
by Reena Advani

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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Poetics of Wrongness'

Ask a Bookseller: 'The Poetics of Wrongness'

Evelyn Bauer of Papercuts Bookshop recommends “The Poetics of Wrongness” by poet Rachel Zucker. She challenges outdated paradigms of motherhood, feminism and poetics.
by Emily Bright

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Veterinarian Karen Fine on the special role pets play in our lives

Veterinarian Karen Fine on the special role pets play in our lives

Animal Month continues on Big Books and Bold Ideas. This week, host Kerri Miller talks with veterinarian Karen Fine. Her new book, “The Other Family Doctor,” is a tribute to the furry, fuzzy, feathery and sometimes scaly creatures we include as members of the family.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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From the archives: Underwater nature photographer David Doubilet

From the archives: Underwater nature photographer David Doubilet

Animal Month continues on Big Books and Bold Ideas. This week’s blast from the past is a 2006 conversation host Kerri Miller had with underwater wildlife photographer David Doubilet.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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