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Laurie Hertzel

Senior Editor | Books

Phone: 612-673-7302

Email: laurie.hertzel@startribune.com

Laurie Hertzel is the books editor for the Star Tribune, which means she spends hours every day opening boxes, and each night lugs home more books than anyone could read in a lifetime. But she’s not complaining and knows exactly how lucky she is to be paid to read all day. (When she’s not opening boxes.)
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Book review: 'Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World,' by Matthew Goodman

The story of a little-known race around the world by two young journalists in 1889.

Updated: February 23, 2013, - 04:42 PM

Book review: 'Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief,' by Lawrence Wright

A history of Scientology; from its weird beginning to its current secrecy and brutality.

Updated: February 16, 2013, - 07:11 PM

Minnesota poem: It rhymes, but is there reason?

Not everyone agrees that "Minnesota Blue," by a Hawaiian singer-songwriter, should represent the state.

Updated: February 14, 2013, - 10:54 AM

Blonde Anne of Green Gables raises outcry

A publisher's depiction of a blonde Anne of Green Gables has her outraged fans seeing red.

Updated: February 12, 2013, - 03:47 PM

Birds call to visitors of Sanibel Island

Sanibel Island, one of the barrier islands off the southwest coast of Florida, is a popular winter destination for vacationers and shellers. But for this visitor, it really was for the birds.

Updated: February 08, 2013, - 01:28 PM