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Talking Volumes series
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How Erin Morgenstern created 'Night Circus'
Inspired by an Internet writing project, Erin Morgenstern sat down to write her first novel. Five years later, "The Night Circus" came alive on paper. Updated Oct. 28, 2012
Junot Diaz
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Fall 2012: Talking Volumes draws Pulitzer winner, more
Article By: CLAUDE PECK ,Star Tribune Publish July 22, 2012 2:00 AM / Update August 28, 2012 10:57 AMFour well-known writers will appear at the Fitzgerald Theater this fall as part of the book-club series.
Writer/doctor Abraham Verghese
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Taking care, with patients and the written word
Article By: KRISTIN TILLOTSON , Star Tribune Publish October 7, 2012 2:00 AM / Update October 6, 2012 4:33 PMDr. Abraham Verghese brings the human touch to both his jobs -- practicing medicine and writing books.
Jeffrey Toobin
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Jeffrey Toobin: Drama in the court
Article By: KRISTIN TILLOTSON , Star Tribune Publish September 16, 2012 2:00 AM / Update October 2, 2012 4:16 PMIn his second book about the inner workings of the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin sheds light on high-stakes legal battles between the White House and Chief Justice John Roberts.
His stories are not exactly autobiographical but "deeply personal," says Junot Diaz.
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Junot Diaz's tough love
Article By: KRISTIN TILLOTSON , Star Tribune Publish September 2, 2012 2:00 AM / Update September 2, 2012 7:18 AMThe stories in Junot Díaz's long-awaited new book grapple with the vagaries of the human heart, from the painful to the hilarious.
Jonathan Franzen
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Jonathan Franzen's struggle for 'Freedom'
Article By: CLAUDE PECK , Star Tribune Publish September 5, 2010 2:00 AM / Update February 13, 2012 3:21 PMDespite the huge success of "The Corrections" in 2001, Jonathan Franzen struggled mightily to write his big new novel about a St. Paul family's highs and heartbreaks.
Bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk
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Chuck Palahniuk's latest an empowering inferno
Article By: CLAUDE PECK , Star Tribune Publish November 6, 2011 1:00 AM / Update November 10, 2011 5:12 PMRock-star writer Chuck Palahniuk goes to hell in his latest novel, "Damned" -- and finds a new voice in a 13-year-old girl.
Colson Whitehead
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Colson Whitehead's zombie dream
Article By: ROHAN PRESTON , Star Tribune Publish October 23, 2011 2:00 AM / Update October 29, 2011 3:28 PMA love of horror movies and a recurring nightmare led the writer to devote his newest novel to a vision of a city overrun by the undead.
Stacy Schiff
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Stacy Schiff's remarkable obsession
Article By: LAURIE HERTZEL , Star Tribune Publish September 25, 2011 2:00 AM / Update November 6, 2011 10:54 AMStacy Schiff was pretty happy, working as an editor in New York. Then she got an idea for a biography, and it wouldn't let her go.
Jennifer Egan
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Jennifer Egan, novelist and Pulitzer winner, speaks in St. Paul
Article By: CLAUDEPECK , Publish / Update September 15, 2011 7:40 AMTalking Volumes season opens with author of "A Visit from the Goon Squad."
Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan.
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A very goon year for Jennifer Egan
Article By: KRISTIN TILLOTSON , Star Tribune Publish August 28, 2011 2:00 AM / Update September 6, 2011 8:14 PMWriting what she didn't know in "A Visit From the Goon Squad" hasn't stopped Jennifer Egan from making some of the keenest cultural observations of our time, or winning a Pulitzer.
Channy Moon Casselle
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Talking Volumes musical guests
Article By: CLAUDEPECK , Publish / Update August 24, 2011 2:52 PMThe authors' series also features Twin Cities musical talent.
Jennifer Egan appears Sept. 14 on Talking Volumes
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Pulitzer Prize winners kick off new Talking Volumes season
Article By: CLAUDE PECK , Star Tribune Publish August 7, 2011 2:00 AM / Update August 9, 2011 4:31 PMTickets go on sale Tuesday for the fall Talking Volumes lineup that starts Sept. 14.
Nora Ephron
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The Talking Volumes lineup, 2000-2013
Publish September 20, 2007 2:00 AM / Update May 21, 2013 5:06 PMThe complete lineup from the past 13 years.
Jonathan Franzen
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Author, author! (Plus two)
Article By: CLAUDE PECK , Star Tribune Publish July 14, 2010 2:00 AM / Update August 2, 2011 3:50 PMFour well-known writers will appear in St. Paul this fall as the Talking Volumes series returns.
Author Wally Lamb
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Wally Lamb: Breaking his silence
Article By: CLAUDE PECK , Star Tribune Publish November 16, 2008 2:00 AM / Update March 23, 2011 3:58 PMIn his first novel in 10 years, he sweeps up history, violence and family heartbreak. Dark stuff, but he's also open to the possibility of redemption.
Author James Ellroy at his home
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Ellroy Confidential
Article By: NEAL JUSTIN , Star Tribune Publish September 20, 2009 2:00 AM / Update March 23, 2011 3:41 PMHe lives like a monk and swears like a sailor. He worships Beethoven and doesn't own a computer. For novelist James Ellroy, fierceness and stamina are required to reveal giant lies and tell big stories.
Author, director, producer, screenwriter Nora Ephron
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Nora, Inc.
Article By: COLIN COVERT , Star Tribune Publish November 14, 2010 2:00 AM / Update November 17, 2010 7:19 AMA one-woman creative dynamo, Nora Ephron learned from her screenwriter mother that, in the lives of writers, "everything is copy."
Monica Ali
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'Kitchen' philosopher: Monica Ali
Article By: CLAUDE PECK , Star Tribune Publish May 2, 2010 2:00 AM / Update March 23, 2011 3:39 PMIn her latest novel, author Monica Ali thoughtfully examines a chef's identity crisis and how it mirrors dramatic changes in British society and culture.
Stephen King
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Inside King's dome
Article By: JAMES LILEKS , Star Tribune Publish November 15, 2009 2:00 AM / Update March 23, 2011 3:39 PMA mesmerizing master of the macabre, Stephen King finds inspiration for his 51st novel, "Under the Dome," in human frailty.
Barbara Kingsolver
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Barbara Kingsolver: Conscientious reflector
Article By: KRISTIN TILLOTSON , Star Tribune Publish October 25, 2009 2:00 AM / Update March 23, 2011 3:40 PMFarm chores and her family keep author Barbara Kingsolver grounded, but so does her determination to advocate social change through literature.
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