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Minneapolis native's 'Ghost' is a gripping bio of a CIA spy hunter
NONFICTION: Minneapolis native recounts life of legendary chief of counterintelligence James Jesus Angleton.
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Booksellers recommend books: 'The One Memory of Flora Banks' by Emily Barr
SHELFTALKER: Booksellers recommend books
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REVIEW: 'Reservoir 13,' by Jon McGregor
FICTION: A mesmerizing novel about a rural English community and the disappearance of a teenage girl.
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Review: 'Heather, the Totality,' by Matthew Weiner
FICTION: Debut novel is set in the competitive world of wealthy Manhattanites.
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Review: 'Her Body and Other Parties: Stories,' by Carmen Maria Machado
FICTION: Subversive debut collection is shortlisted for the National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize.
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6 books of poetry, including Danez Smith, Mary Jo Bang and Matt Mauch
POETRY: These six new collections by Minnesota poets and publishers examine gender, race, birth, death and life itself.
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Twin Cities writer Lesley Nneka Arimah wins Kirkus Prize for Fiction
The prize carries a $50,000 award. The nonfiction winner was Jack E. Davis' "The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea."
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David Mura, Gayla Marty, John Reimringer among Minn. State Arts Board grants winners
10 poets and 24 writers of prose among the 74 recipients of the artist initiative grants
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Yiyun Li cancels Nov. 2 appearance at UMN English
U adds Nigerian novelist Chris Abani to schedule; he'll be there Nov. 29
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REVIEW: 'Vacationland,' by John Hodgman
NONFICTION: Comic and "The Daily Show" writer John Hodgman pauses at midlife to take a look around.
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Amy Tan on new memoir: 'I want to know why I got damaged and why I'm glad'
While writing her new memoir, the author uncovered dark family secrets. She also found the source of her need to write.
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Talking Volumes guest Jacqueline Woodson grew up in 'Another Brooklyn'
To fill a "yawning gap" in books about black girlhood, Jacqueline Woodson turned to the Brooklyn of her youth.
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Writer Sherman Alexie is back on the road: 'I averted a crisis'
Haunted by his mother's memory, the author halted his book tour this summer. Now he's back on the road — still outspoken, still funny, but a little more careful.
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Review: 'To the Back of Beyond,' by Peter Stamm, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann
FICTION: Peter Stamm explores the secrets of a marriage in this strange, lovely little novel.
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Review: 'Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson,' by Gordon S. Wood
NONFICTION: Historian shows the relationship between cynical John Adams and optimistic Thomas Jefferson.
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