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Edina native Emily Fridlund's debut novel a finalist for the Man Booker Prize
"History of Wolves" is set in northern Minnesota and goes head to head with George Saunders, Ali Smith, and others.
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Minneapolis poet Danez Smith on National Book Award longlist
Three books published by Graywolf, including Smith's, are on the list
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'I Love Dick' author Chris Kraus talks about new book she wrote at Minnesota cabin
It took 20 years, but Kraus finally finished a biography of Kathy Acker, the "punk poet" who inspired her.
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REVIEW: 'Across the China Sea,' by Gaute Heivoll, translated from the Norwegian by Nadia Christensen
FICTION: "Across the China Sea" follows the trials endured by a singular Norwegian family over three decades.
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3 new Laura Ingalls Wilder books for those who can't get enough 'Little House'
This year there are several new Wilder books to choose from.
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Review: 'Little Fires Everywhere,' by Celeste Ng
FICTION: A bohemian mother and daughter destabilize the safe and structured lives of a Cleveland family.
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Review: 'An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic,' by Daniel Mendelsohn
NONFICTION: A graceful memoir of an audited seminar reveals a fraught family history.
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Review: 'Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime,' by Ben Blum
NONFICTION: A young soldier gets involved in a bank robbery that torpedoes his future.
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Review: 'Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation,' edited by John Freeman
NONFICTION: Some of America's best writers impress in this diverse collection about tragedy of missed connection.
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Review: 'The Far Away Brothers,' by Lauren Markham
NONFICTION: The journey of two young immigrants trying to make a go of it in the United States after fleeing a brutal gang in El Salvador.
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Twin Cities screening for Hollywood's take on Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp
The invitation-only event will be held Friday in Roseville.
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Review: 'The Best We Could Do,' by Thi Bui
NONFICTION: Thi Bui tells the story about her parents' escape from Vietnam in intense drawings and terse text.
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- Top publisher teams with top maker of bilingual materials
- Nothing compares: Sinead O'Connor memoir coming out in June
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- 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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