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Review: 'An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago,' by Alex Kotlowitz
NONFICTION: Journalist Alex Kotlowitz follows people who were affected by gun violence over three months in Chicago.
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Mpls native Michele Norris will moderate Michelle Obama talk at the X
Obama will be in St. Paul next Wednesday as part of her book tour for her memoir "Becoming."
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Review: 'Dying of Whiteness,' by Jonathan M. Metzl
NONFICTION: Racism, Jonathan Metzl argues, compels people to support laws that shorten their own lives and damage society.
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Review: 'Gingerbread,' by Helen Oyeyemi
FICTION: Helen Oyeyemi's new novel is a risk-taking feat of literary cunning.
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Review: 'When All Is Said,' by Anne Griffin
FICTION: In Anne Griffin's accomplished debut novel, an elderly Irishman reflects on loss and regret.
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Review: 'Little Faith,' by Nickolas Butler
FICTION: A single mother falls for a preacher, who persuades her that her toddler has healing powers.
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Review: 'The Salt Path,' by Raynor Winn
NONFICTION: Their home and savings were gone and a lethal diagnosis was hanging over their heads — so Raynor Winn and her husband shouldered their packs and went for a walk.
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Review: 'Say Nothing,' by Patrick Radden Keefe
NONFICTION: Former IRA members reveal details of bombings and killings — and blame a prominent politician for a widow's death.
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Review: 'Nature's Mutiny,' by Philipp Blom
NONFICTION: Philipp Blom's study of extreme weather in the 17th century shows us climate change spares no one.
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Review: 'The Collected Schizophrenias,' by Esmé Weijun Wang
NONFICTION: Esmé Weijun Wang examines her health problems with a poet's gimlet eye and a researcher's rigor.
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