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Chris Hewitt

Critic / Editor
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Armed 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

Books

‘My roommate shot me in the head,’ St. Thomas student recounts in new memoir

LOCAL NONFICTION: This excerpt from “Friendly Fire” counts down the minutes after he was shot in the head.
September 4, 2024
photo of author Paul Rousseau
Books

You’ve heard of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe? Welcome to ‘Olive Kitteridge’ writer Elizabeth Strout’s fictional Maine-iverse.

FICTION: Literary titans unite their powers for the first time, much like the Avengers, in her new book.
September 3, 2024
photo of author Elizabeth Strout
Books

Did the world’s first serial killer stalk Minneapolis? Caroline Woods’ historical novel explores.

LOCAL FICTION: His name was Harry Hayward and he lived in a Hennepin Avenue building that still stands.
September 2, 2024
extract from 1925 newspaper features three photo portraits
Movies

What these 5 Minnesota-set movies teach the world about Minnesotans

If you want to know what Minnesotans are really like, take what Hollywood says about us with a grain of salt.
August 29, 2024
'Drop Dead Gorgeous'
Books

New book by Minnesota writer is a thriller that raises awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women

LOCAL FICTION: Set up north, Marcie R. Rendon’s page-turner “Where They Last Saw Her” balances sadness with the joyful camaraderie of three Ojibwe women.
August 28, 2024
Marcie Rendon poses for a portrait Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022 in the Star Tribune portrait studio in Minneapolis. ]
Books

Sleuth Jackson Brodie is back in Kate Atkinson’s hilarious ’Death at the Sign of the Rook’

FICTION: The “Case Histories” detective is investigating art thievery when murder intrudes.
August 28, 2024
author Kate Atkinson is pictured in front of a bookcase
Books

8 top writers announced to this year’s Club Book events

Jayne Anne Phillips, Matt Goldman and Yangsze Choo will take part (either live or on Facebook) in the Friends of the St. Paul Library series.
August 26, 2024
photo of author Jayne Anne Phillips
Books

Writers like Louise Erdrich and Stephen King use chapters cleverly. What do they tell us?

For starters, how long they are is a great clue to what a book wants to accomplish.
August 26, 2024
Books

New book by Minnesota writer is a thriller that raises awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women

LOCAL FICTION: Set up north, Marcie R. Rendon’s page-turner “Where They Last Saw Her” balances sadness with the joyful camaraderie of three Ojibwe women.
August 28, 2024
Marcie Rendon poses for a portrait Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022 in the Star Tribune portrait studio in Minneapolis. ]
Books

Sleuth Jackson Brodie is back in Kate Atkinson’s hilarious ’Death at the Sign of the Rook’

FICTION: The “Case Histories” detective is investigating art thievery when murder intrudes.
August 28, 2024
author Kate Atkinson is pictured in front of a bookcase
Books

8 top writers announced to this year’s Club Book events

Jayne Anne Phillips, Matt Goldman and Yangsze Choo will take part (either live or on Facebook) in the Friends of the St. Paul Library series.
August 26, 2024
photo of author Jayne Anne Phillips
Books

Writers like Louise Erdrich and Stephen King use chapters cleverly. What do they tell us?

For starters, how long they are is a great clue to what a book wants to accomplish.
August 26, 2024
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