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Literature

• How our fast culture hurts reading
  Reading is losing the competition with other media for our attention says the book editor of the Los Angeles Times. He found it difficult to find space in his mind to allow him to concentrate on books.Midmorning, September 3, 2009
• A book of motorbikes, family, and dark secrets
  In Beth Carpel's novel "Assembling Georgia," a young Minneapolis woman's life is changed when she receives a mysterious package.August 14, 2009
• The importance of Anne Frank
  Sixty-five years ago this August, Anne Frank and her family were discovered hiding in an annex in Amsterdam and sent to concentration camps. Though she perished, her diary became one of the most compelling and poignant stories to come out of the holocaust. Midmorning examines the lingering power of Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl."Midmorning, August 13, 2009
• A reporter's long journey home
  In her new memoir, journalist Helene Cooper describes her privileged childhood in Liberia during a violent civil war, the trauma that prompted the family's flight to America, and memories of the adopted sister she left behind in Africa.Midmorning, August 7, 2009
• Minneapolis writer chronicles her eating disorder
  Nicole Johns was diagnosed as having EDNOS, or an Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. She has now written a book about her experience in the hope she can help others.August 6, 2009
• Love and espionage
  Novelist Daniel Silva takes his art restorer/ assassin protagonist on another thriller ride in his latest book, "The Defector." Besides being a spy story, Silva says the book is also a love story.Midmorning, August 5, 2009
• A story of hope amid despair
  A new novel by Mayo Clinic doctor and obesity researcher James Levine tells the story of a young Indian girl forced into a life of prostitution. Dr. Levine says the novel sprang from a visit to the slums of Mumbai and encounter there that haunts him to this day.Midmorning, July 21, 2009
• Francis Ford Coppola makes his own rules
  Having made classics like "Apocalypse Now" and the Godfather movies, director Francis Ford Coppola is now able make pretty much any movie what he wants, which is just what he is doing.July 17, 2009
• Classified ad sparks new mystery novel
  Best-selling author and former Twin Cities TV producer Julie Kramer got the inspiration for her latest novel from a classified ad. It said: "Wedding Dress, never worn."July 14, 2009
• David Rhodes's long road back
  Novelist David Rhodes released three highly acclaimed novels when he was in his 20s, and then was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident. He joins Midmorning to discuss his first novel in more than 30 years, and the long road back to writing.Midmorning, July 3, 2009
• After 35 years with APHC Keillor looks back and forward
  This weekend a large crowd came to Avon, Minnesota, for the special 35th-anniversary broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion.July 1, 2009
• Choice summer reading
  Looking for some good literary fiction to take to the cabin? Or a thriller for a hot night on the porch? Two book critics share their ideas for great summertime reading.Midmorning, June 29, 2009
• Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon creates a shifting Gothic world
  Best-selling novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon says he set out to recreate the storytelling of the great Victorian writers while including modern sensibilities.June 25, 2009
• A spy novelist's romantic world
  Romance. Espionage. Parisian cafes and back alleys in Berlin. These are the elements that make the novels of Alan Furst among the best in the spy genre. He joins Midmorning to discuss his latest novel, and his fascination with World War II-era Europe.Midmorning, June 25, 2009
• Guy Maddin revisits 'The Saddest Music in the World'
  Twin Cities movie fans can look forward to a distinctly odd experience tomorrow night as maverick Canadian director Guy Maddin visits for a screening of his film "The Saddest Music in the World."June 17, 2009

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