Chris Hewitt
Critic / Editor
BooksArmed with a degree in the lucrative field of history, Chris has written for publications that vary from a small-town newspaper to a city magazine to national sites. He's probably reading a good book right this minute.
Latest from Chris Hewitt
The 20 best fiction and nonfiction books of 2025
Our favorite books in 2025 boast artificial intelligence, hapless “intelligence” agents and the towering intelligence of James Baldwin.
November 29, 2025
Review: Mary Lucia writes about dealing with a stalker in surprising memoir
Local nonfiction: The former Current DJ leavens a painful tale with wicked humor.
November 25, 2025
Those blurbs on book covers? Don’t believe what you read.
Authors are often called on to praise each other’s work. Can they be trusted?
November 19, 2025
There’s a better way to make mashed potatoes, and this is it
Boiling potatoes in water is so 2024. This new technique uses the same ingredients with tradition-busting results.
November 19, 2025
She came home from Hollywood to showcase Minnesota’s fall beauty
Marisa Coughlan wrote, starred in and co-produced “Blue Eyed Girl,” which was filmed in Wayzata and Excelsior.
November 18, 2025
Review: ‘Sunshine Man’ has two protagonists; one wants to kill the other
Fiction: Author Emma Stonex also wrote “The Lamplighters.”
November 17, 2025
Hennepin County Library has a new Prince-themed card 4 U
It’s free to Hennepin County residents at dozens of local locations — or nonresidents can pick one up in person for a $60 fee.
November 11, 2025
Review: We can’t see them but winds are altering our lives every day
Nonfiction: Simon Winchester’s latest shows how our world is changing, one breath at a time.
November 10, 2025
Review: A dying woman’s choices are unusual, and infuriating
Fiction: “Some Bright Nowhere” explores their impact on her husband, friends and children.
November 6, 2025
Review: The lives of four older women ring true in sweet ‘Evensong’
Fiction: Stewart O’Nan revisits a character from his “Emily, Alone” and “Henry, Himself.”
November 6, 2025
Review: Russell Crowe, Rami Malek match wits in ‘Nuremberg’
The Oscar winners star in a Holocaust-themed drama inspired by a Minneapolis writer’s book.
November 5, 2025
Larry Millett’s new book explores a murder at St. Anthony Falls and another solved by Oscar Wilde
Local fiction: The author of “Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul” turns to the other twin city.
November 5, 2025
