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Literature

• Between the covers
  Two veteran book critics have collaborated to recommend more than 600 books for women who love to read. Their aim was to create a list of books that reflect the different phases in women's lives, and the way that women read. Click on the title for a list of books from the show.Midmorning, February 19, 2009
• Book picks and pans
  Author and librarian Nancy Pearl offers her take on the best books of 2008.Midmorning, February 16, 2009
• A father's tragedy shadows the son
  In his 2005 memoir, David Vann attempted to come to terms with his father's suicide by taking a voyage on a hopelessly unprepared boat. In his new novella and collection of short stories, "Legend of a Suicide," Vann comes back to the themes of loss and a father's legend that haunts his son.Midmorning, February 16, 2009
• The Walker Art Center celebrates the book as art
  The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is celebrating the book as an art form with it's exhibition "Text/Messages." It features books from the Walker's library, created by Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali and Kara Walker among others.January 30, 2009
• Midmorning Book Club: 'Heart of Darkness'
  Joseph Conrad's groundbreaking novel, "Heart of Darkness," explores what it means to be human in the midst of privation and violence. The interpretation of his book also has changed over time, sparking controversy along the way as well.Midmorning, January 30, 2009
• Blogger hits big with musings on 'White People'
  Christian Lander makes people uncomfortable -- and makes them laugh. Lander, a native of Canada, is an Internet sensation for his satirical writings on his sblog, "Stuff White People Like."January 28, 2009
• John Updike, prize-winning writer, dead at age 76
  John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, died Tuesday of lung cancer. He was 76.January 27, 2009
• Local author's book wins Caldecott Award
  St. Paul poet and children's book author Susan Marie Swanson wrote the book that won this year's prestigious Caldecott Medal for best picture book. The illustrator is Beth Krommes of New Hampshire. The book is called "The House in the Night."January 26, 2009
• Author Neil Gaiman's spooky book wins Newbery honor
  Local best-selling author Neil Gaiman has received the top prize for children's literature: The John Newbery Medal, for "The Graveyard Book."January 26, 2009
• Jeffrey Hatcher finds new depths in 'Jekyll and Hyde'
  This weekend, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will stalk the stage of the Park Square Theater in St. Paul. Twin Cities playwright Jeffrey Hatcher adapted and expended Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of the man of science who releases his inner evil by drinking a potion.January 23, 2009
• Minnesota Opera has a devil of a good time with 'Faust'
  The Minnesota Opera goes to the devil this weekend for its production of "Faust." In its heyday, Faust was the most popular opera in the world. Minnesota Opera staff say they hope to reveal its modern message through dance.January 22, 2009
• Life as a Jewish partisan
  The new film, "Defiance," tells the story of the Bielski brothers, who led a group of Jewish partisans living in the forests of Belarus during World War II. The film mirrors the experience of a Minnesota couple who fought in another Jewish partisan group in the same forest.January 16, 2009
• Nami Mun revisits being homeless
  Writer Nami Mun's new novel "Miles from Nowhere," tells the heart rending tale of Joon, a Korean girl who runs away from her family to live on the streets of New York.January 15, 2009
• Rob Nelson and the B List
  One of the side effects of the video and DVD revolution is people are able to easily watch films of yesteryear. The National Society of Film Critics is trying to help you find the good ones with a series of books of new reviews of older films.January 9, 2009
• A skirmish over words
  Minneapolis writer Dobby Gibson just released a new collection of poetry called "Skirmish." He says it's a reference to the many small battles contained between the covers, including an ongoing battle between himself and his writing.January 7, 2009

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