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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.

Funeral director Caleb Wilde on 'All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak'

Funeral director Caleb Wilde on 'All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak'

Is the promise of heaven a coping mechanism that allows us to avoid the inevitable truth of our own mortality? In his new book, funeral director, theology student and author Caleb Wilde shares his thoughtful, unexpected and ultimately hopeful reflections about death, the afterlife and staying connected with those we’ve lost.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Old books, new perspectives: Program aims to diversify rare books field

Old books, new perspectives: Program aims to diversify rare books field

The rare and antiquarian books field has historically been dominated by white men, and difficult to enter for anyone without a prior connection. A new fellowship at a Minnesota rare book seminar is aimed at bringing more diverse voices into the industry.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Historian Carol Anderson on the assault to undermine voting rights

Historian Carol Anderson on the assault to undermine voting rights

The Voting Rights Act turns 57 this week. But its power to outlaw discriminatory voting practices has been slowly chipped away. On a special Big Books and Bold Ideas, MPR News host Kerri Miller talks with historian and scholar Carol Anderson about what’s next for voting rights.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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From the archives: Sunita Puri on living — and dying — well

From the archives: Sunita Puri on living — and dying — well

This Friday’s Big Books and Bold Ideas will feature a conversation between host Kerri Miller and author Caleb Wilde, a sixth-generation funeral director who’s written a new book, “All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak.” It hearkens back to a 2019 discussion Miller had with Dr. Sunita Puri, about her poetic and practical book, "That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour." Modern medicine can help us live longer. But can it help us die well?
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Ask a Bookseller: 'Book Lovers'

It's a plot that sounds like a Hallmark movie, but the narrator handles it with a knowing wink and a nod, both celebrating and challenges the tropes of romance.
by Emily Bright

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Quan Barry on her new novel, 'When I'm Gone, Look For Me in the East'

Quan Barry on her new novel, 'When I'm Gone, Look For Me in the East'

Poet and novelist Quan Barry says travel both inspired and grounded her new book, which follows twin brothers through Mongolia on a quest to find a reincarnated spiritual leader.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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The immersive novel 'Tomorrow' is a winner for gamers and n00bs alike

The immersive novel 'Tomorrow' is a winner for gamers and n00bs alike

Gabrielle Zevin's beautifully written novel “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” tells the story of two childhood friends who become legendary names in the world of video game design.
by Maureen Corrigan

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