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Meet Marlon James, other top writers at Twin Cities Book Festival
Meet favorite authors and pick up some books at the annual Twin Cities Book Festival.
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REVIEW: 'Body of Water,' by Chris Dombrowski
NONFICTION: The lyrical "Body of Water" explores the life of David Pinder and his influence on the author.
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Sex parties, polyamory and porn: Minnesota native explores modern love in 'Future Sex'
A Minnesota native personally investigates the rapidly evolving world of women's sexuality.
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Reviews: 'Unbearable Splendor,' by Sun Yung Shin; 'The Sky Watched,' by Linda LeGarde Grover; and 'Tanka & Me,' by Kaethe Schwehn
POETRY: Three poetry collections by Minnesota writers explore identity, history and the lives of women.
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Review: 'Girl in Pieces,' by Kathleen Glasgow
YA FICTION: Kathleen Glasgow's debut novel about a teen in trouble is tough, wise and clear-eyed.
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Review: 'Mister Monkey,' by Francine Prose
FICTION: In this sharp satire, actors on the skids put on a production of a mawkish play about a monkey.
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Review: 'The Trespasser,' by Tana French
FICTION: A beautiful woman is killed, and everyone around her has a different story.
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Review: 'Upstream: Selected Essays,' by Mary Oliver
NONFICTION: Mary Oliver's lovely, probing essays explore life's marvels.
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Books by Kate DiCamillo, Graywolf Press on shortlist for National Book Award
"Raymie Nightingale" a finalist in young people's literature; "Look," by Solmaz Sharif, a finalist in poetry.
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Review: 'The Heavens May Fall,' by Allen Eskens
FICTION: In lawyer turned writer Allen Eskens' third mystery, troubled detective Max Rupert investigates and broods.
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Review: 'The Lesser Bohemians,' by Eimear McBride
FICTION: A spellbinding second novel about a woman's turbulent relationship with an older man in 1990s London.
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Review: 'A Truck Full of Money,' by Tracy Kidder
NONFICTION: A Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer pulls back the curtain on new-age genius, technology, money and the traps of obsession.
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Review: 'Cruel Beautiful World,' by Caroline Leavitt
FICTION: A young girl runs off with her English teacher in 1969, and the romance changes quickly to captivity.
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Review: 'News of the World,' by Paulette Jiles
FICTION: A gentle veteran must return a kidnapped child to her family in the 1860s.
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Around the Region
- Maia Kobabe's 'Gender Queer' tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year
- Top publisher teams with top maker of bilingual materials
- Nothing compares: Sinead O'Connor memoir coming out in June
- For Japan's star poet Tanikawa, it's fun, not work, at 90
- Aliu lands book deal on how he confronted racism in hockey
- Chris Hillman's musical life from Byrds to Burritos and more
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- Bob Woodward to take on final days of Trump's presidency
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- Looking into China's recent past to learn about the state of the world
- Escaping the ordinary: A Q&A with author and adventurer Rinker Buck
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