Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes is an event discussion series from Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune. Join award-winning journalist and MPR News host Kerri Miller as she talks with notable authors from across the world.

Join us on June 4th: Minnesota author, Leif Enger at the Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing, Minnesota. Talking Volumes is hosted by award-winning journalist Kerri Miller. Tickets available now.

May 4, 2018 12:00 AM

Thread Book Hour: Carter Meland and Terese Mailhot

Today on MPR News Presents it's the Thread Book Hour with a duo of Native American authors.

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April 13, 2018 12:00 AM

Thread Book Hour: Author and cultural critic Roxane Gay

The Fast and the Furious, feminism, CSI, and Little House on the Prairie. What do all those topics have in common? Writer Roxane Gay.

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January 12, 2018 12:00 AM

Jacqueline Woodson, Ambassador of Young People's Literature

Award-winning writer Jacqueline Woodson is the new "Ambassador of Young People's Literature."

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January 5, 2018 12:00 AM

Thread Book Hour: David Grann, 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Best-selling author David Grann tells the story of a little-remembered crime that modernized investigative procedure in the United States.

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December 1, 2017 12:00 AM

Thread Book Hour: Dan Brown, author of 'Origin'

Kerri Miller interviews best-selling author Dan Brown about his latest novel, "Origin," for the Talking Volumes series.

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November 24, 2017 12:00 AM

Thread Book Hour: Stephen Greenblatt and Mark Bowden

Thread Book Hour featuring Stephen Greenblatt on "The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve" and Mark Bowden on "Hue, 1968."

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November 9, 2017 12:00 AM

Thread Book Hour: Ron Chernow on Ulysses S. Grant and the reason for the Civil War

A Thread Book Hour featuring Kerri Miller's "Talking Volumes" interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow. His new book is titled, "Grant."

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October 6, 2017 12:00 AM

Thread Book Hour: Jacqueline Woodson 'Talking Volumes'

A conversation with Jacqueline Woodson, author of "Another Brooklyn" and "Brown Girl Dreaming."

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September 25, 2017 12:00 AM

Thread Book Hour: Sherman Alexie on the aftermath of the 'Native American Apocalypse'

MPR's Kerri Miller interviews author Sherman Alexie as part of the "Talking Volumes" series at the Fitzgerald Theater. He's written a memoir about his mother, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me."

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September 15, 2017 12:00 AM

Thread Book Hour: Conversations with Claire Messud and Nicole Krauss

MPR News host Kerri Miller interviews novelists Claire Messud and Nicole Krauss about two of the most highly acclaimed books of 2017, "The Burning Girl" and "Forest Dark."

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