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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

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Talking Volumes: Ann Patchett on 'Tom Lake'

Talking Volumes: Ann Patchett on 'Tom Lake'

Ann Patchett and Kate DiCamillo joined host Kerri Miller on stage Sept. 28 for Talking Volumes. They discussed why women are always the ones making dinner, what Ann really thinks of books tours, how she choses to live without regret, and — oh yes — her new novel, "Tom Lake."
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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A young girl runs from Jamestown in Lauren Groff's new book, 'The Vaster Wilds'

A young girl runs from Jamestown in Lauren Groff's new book, 'The Vaster Wilds'

Lauren Groff’s new novel is a survival story, in the vein of “Robinson Crusoe,” that swings from brutality to ecstasy as a young girl runs away from the desolation of Jamestown through the early American wilderness.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Healing from trauma in the northern Wisconsin woods

Healing from trauma in the northern Wisconsin woods

Novelist Carol Dunbar set “A Winter’s Rime” in rural Wisconsin so her main character can both howl and heal the generational trauma that has shaped her life.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Minnesota novelist Julie Schumacher on 'The English Experience'

Minnesota novelist Julie Schumacher on 'The English Experience'

Cantankerous professor Jason Fitger returns to anchor Minnesota author Julie Schumacher’s latest novel and the last in his trilogy. This time, he is forced to chaperone a group of inept and needy students on a study abroad program.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Nostalgia becomes a weapon in the sci-fi thriller 'Prophet'

Nostalgia becomes a weapon in the sci-fi thriller 'Prophet'

Happy memories are weaponized with deadly results in the new thriller co-written by Sin Blaché and “H Is for Hawk” author Helen Macdonald.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Novel asks: ‘What if your two favorite people hate each other with a passion?’

Novel asks: ‘What if your two favorite people hate each other with a passion?’

Ore Agbaje-Williams explores the fine line in close relationships between compromise and betrayal with her debut novel, “The Three of Us.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Christian Cooper on what it means to be a Black man in the natural world

Christian Cooper on what it means to be a Black man in the natural world

Christian Cooper was birdwatching in Central Park in 2020 when a white woman falsely accused him of threatening her. That incident went viral, pushed his work as a Black birder into the public eye, and led to his fantastic memoir, “Better Living Through Birding: Notes From A Black Man In The Natural World.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Minnesota's supper clubs set the table for a delicious family drama

Minnesota's supper clubs set the table for a delicious family drama

Minnesota-native J. Ryan Stradal's new novel pays homage to the supper clubs of the upper Midwest and our intertwined love of food and family.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Luis Urrea's new novel is inspired by his mother's wartime experiences

Luis Urrea's new novel is inspired by his mother's wartime experiences

Luis Alberto Urrea’s new novel, “Good Night, Irene,” is based on his own mother’s experiences working as a Donut Dolly in Europe during World War II.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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