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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 an annual event series featuring notable authors in conversation about their new books. Presented by MPR News and The Minnesota Star Tribune. 

Tickets are now available for our 26th season. Join award-winning journalist and MPR News host Kerri Miller (and special guest host Catharine Richart) as they talk with authors including Stacey Abrams, Patricia Lockwood, Misty Copeland, John Grisham, and Kate Baer. 

Patrick Ryan's 'Buckeye' is a sweeping drama set in a small town in Ohio

Patrick Ryan's 'Buckeye' is a sweeping drama set in a small town in Ohio

Patrick Ryan’s new novel, “Buckeye” is the perfect fall read — a sweeping, multigenerational story of two families undone by secrets in a small Ohio town.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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New books this week: Tales from Ian McEwan and Patricia Lockwood, and new translations

New books this week: Tales from Ian McEwan and Patricia Lockwood, and new translations

The truth doesn’t come easy in the latest works of these two household names. Meanwhile, anglophiles now have access to newly translated works by France’s Annie Ernaux and Japanese ex-pat Yoko Tawada.
by Colin Dwyer

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The once famous, trailblazing Minnesota nature writer you’ve probably never heard of

The once famous, trailblazing Minnesota nature writer you’ve probably never heard of

Helen Hoover was a Chicago scientist who moved to a remote cabin on the Gunflint Trail in the 1950s. She wrote several popular books about her experiences and the wildlife she observed. But her fame led her to move away and she largely faded from memory. 
by Dan Kraker

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Harris book paints Walz as authentic, but she cringed at his VP debate performance

Harris book paints Walz as authentic, but she cringed at his VP debate performance

A new book by former Vice President Kamala Harris offers her view of last year’s presidential race and an inside peek at her dealings with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was her Democratic running mate in the quick-turn campaign.
by Clay Masters

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Journalist Brian Goldstone talks about America's homeless problem in his new book

Journalist Brian Goldstone talks about America's homeless problem in his new book

It used to be, if you had a job in America, you could usually afford to put a roof over your head. There’s no longer the case, says journalist Brian Goldstone in his sobering new book, “There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Arthur Sze named 25th U.S. poet laureate

Arthur Sze named 25th U.S. poet laureate

Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.
by Andrew Limbong

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