Literature

• Bloom's new novel inspired by a journey
  Author Amy Bloom's new novel tells the story of a Russian immigrant's attempts to adjust to America, and her trek across the country to try to find her lost daughter. Bloom was inspired by the legend of a young immigrant woman who tried to walk home to Siberia.Midmorning, November 10, 2008
• St. Paul writer uses her own experience to create a historical fantasy
  A University of St. Thomas professor has written a historical fantasy for children, based on her experience as a tour guide on one of the uninhabited Apostle Islands.November 7, 2008
• Picturing the cold
  Minneapolis photographer Stuart Klipper captures images on film of places most people will never have the chance to see in person. His new book "The Antarctic: From the Circle to the Pole" explores the stark loneliness of the Antarctic landscape.November 4, 2008
• Dracula through the ages
  A lawyer has turned his obsession with Victorian times and its most prominent characters into a new book that catalogues everything one might hope to know about Dracula.Midmorning, October 28, 2008
• Louis Sachar celebrates 10 years of 'Holes'
  Louis Sachar has written many books for children in his career that have been enjoyed by adults too.October 24, 2008
• The Puritan dilemma
  Sarah Vowell's latest take on American history says the Puritans were not paragons of virtue, but shaped Americans' image of themselves nevertheless.Midmorning, October 22, 2008
• Good books for tough times
  When the news is bad, sometimes all you need is a good book to make it go away. Midmorning looks at literature that takes you to another place.Midmorning, October 17, 2008
• Edward Curtis, driven by a dream
  The American photographer thought big and he set out to document the North American Indian, and made it his life's work. Author Alan Cheuse has written a new novel based on Curtis' and will be in the Twin Cities as part of the Twin Cities Book Festival.October 9, 2008
• Talking Volumes with Richard Russo
  Author Richard Russo joins Kerri Miller as part of the Talking Volumes regional book club. Russo's latest book, just out in paperback, is "Bridge of Sighs."Midmorning, October 8, 2008
• Neil Gaiman tries a new strategy
  Later this week fans will likely pack a St Paul church to hear author Neil Gaiman, a writing rock star, read from his latest novel, "The Graveyard Book." He's often swamped at readings and now has devised a new way to keep himself physically accessible to his readers.October 5, 2008
• The diva and the ghost writer
  Minneapolis author George Rabasa's new novel, "The Wonder Singer," explores love, opera and the agony of writing.October 3, 2008
• Chuck Palahniuk's 'Choke'
  This weekend the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel "Choke" hits movie screens around the country.September 26, 2008
• Vatican Splendors come to Minnesota
  Minnesotans have a chance to see more than 200 treasures from the Vatican in Rome.September 26, 2008
• Midmorning Book Club: 'All the King's Men'
  It's considered one of the greatest novels about politics ever written, but some would say it's not as much about politics as it is about the human condition. The Midmorning Book Club examines Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men."Midmorning, September 26, 2008
• New novel explores growing up Japanese-American
  Twin Cities writer David Mura's new novel, "Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire," explores the Japanese-American experience through the eyes of a boy growing up in Chicago just after World War II.September 25, 2008

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