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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. 

Out to Lunch: Activist T Williams shares lessons from an ‘oversized’ table

Out to Lunch: Activist T Williams shares lessons from an ‘oversized’ table

We have all been witnesses to moments in history. But there are people in every community who go a step further by working to shape what happens next. MPR News host Nina Moini recently met up with longtime activist T Williams at Soul Bowl.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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How did the Edmund Fitzgerald sink? A new book looks into the theories

How did the Edmund Fitzgerald sink? A new book looks into the theories

“The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald” digs into the mystery of the ship’s sinking and also shares interviews with family members of the crew.
by Dan Kraker, Aleesa Kuznetsov and Alanna Elder

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The Minnesota author whose book inspired the movie 'Nuremberg'

The Minnesota author whose book inspired the movie 'Nuremberg'

Minnesota author Jack el-Hai’s book “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist” inspired “Nuremberg,” one of the fall’s buzziest movies. It’s a film set in history with questions for the present.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Book lovers protest proposed cuts to Bemidji Public Library

Book lovers protest proposed cuts to Bemidji Public Library

The Beltrami County Board has proposed cutting the Bemidji and Blackduck Public Libraries' budgets by roughly 40 percent. Those libraries are part of the Kitchigami Regional Library System.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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