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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.

From the archives: Author Sarah Broom at Talking Volumes 2020

From the archives: Author Sarah Broom at Talking Volumes 2020

Host Kerri Miller spoke with author Sarah Broom about memoir “The Yellow House” during the 2020 Talking Volumes season. Like the coming Talking Volumes conversation with Celeste Ng, it powerfully depicts the anchoring of family and what happens when that anchor is cut adrift. Let this wet your appetite for this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas conversation.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Their book is banned from dozens of districts, but has helped countless young readers

Their book is banned from dozens of districts, but has helped countless young readers

Writer and LGBTQ activist George M. Johnson spoke with Morning Edition about what's lost when books like their 2020 memoir “All Boys Aren't Blue” are banned from school libraries.
by Reena Advani and Rachel Treisman

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Author Colleen Hoover went from tending cows to writing bestsellers

Author Colleen Hoover went from tending cows to writing bestsellers

The top-selling author in the country right now is a 42-year-old mom and former social worker who lives in the same small Texas town where she's spent practically her entire life.
by Chloe Veltman

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She survived a mass shooting — then created a graphic novel to help others

She survived a mass shooting — then created a graphic novel to help others

In Kindra Neely's debut graphic novel, “Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting,” she opens up about surviving a mass shooting and dealing with the aftermath.
by Alejandra Marquez Janse, Juana Summers and Matt Ozug

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Ask a Bookseller: Stay True

In “Stay True,” author Hua Hsu confronts his grief over his friend’s death in an honest and raw way.
by Emily Bright

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'Should I sacrifice my life to live half American?'

'Should I sacrifice my life to live half American?'

Historian Matthew Delmont paints a vivid and painful picture of life for Black Americans during World War II in his new book, “Half American.” Even as Black service members fought to win the war overseas, they couldn’t win the war of equality at home.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Bao Phi on his watching his award winning children's book come to the stage in Hopkins

Bao Phi on his watching his award winning children's book come to the stage in Hopkins

Bao Phi’s children’s book “In a Different Pond” won the Caldecott Medal in 2018 and has now been adapted for theater and is currently playing at Stages Theatre in Hopkins. Bao Phi talks with host Cathy Wurzer about his work and watching it come alive on stage.
by Cathy Wurzer and Britt Aamodt

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