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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.

Talking Volumes: Dani Shapiro on 'Signal Fires'

“Signal Fires” is Dani Shapiro’s much-anticipated return to fiction, and it examines how what binds families together can also tear them apart. She appeared on the Talking Volumes stage this month to talk with MPR News host Kerri Miller about her book and what she’s learned about family secrets.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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'White Horse' is about supernatural horrors — and everyday horrors

'White Horse' is about supernatural horrors — and everyday horrors

Erika T. Wurth's novel belongs to a new wave of horror fiction that delivers the creepiness and darkness readers have always associated with the genre, while also packing plenty of social commentary.
by Gabino Iglesias

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'Shutter' author was inspired by her own work as a crime scene photographer

'Shutter' author was inspired by her own work as a crime scene photographer

Ramona Emerson's novel is about a police department photographer, who, like Emerson, grew up in the Navajo Nation. The protagonist is haunted by the ghosts of victims from scenes she's photographed.
by Sam Briger

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Franny Choi's latest poetry finds hope for the future in our past apocalypses

Franny Choi's latest poetry finds hope for the future in our past apocalypses

Poet Franny Choi believes that for marginalized people, the apocalypse has already happened. In ‘The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On,’ she explores what it means to live in this dystopia.
by Julie Depenbrock

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From the archives: Dani Shaprio ponders marriage in 'Hourglass'

From the archives: Dani Shaprio ponders marriage in 'Hourglass'

This Friday’s Big Books and Bold Ideas will feature last week’s Talking Volumes conversation between host Kerri Miller and author Dani Shapiro, where they ponder family secrets, shame and regret. While you wait, enjoy this archive discussion between Miller and Shapiro after the release of “Hourglass,” Shapiro’s memoir about marriage.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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