Dennis J. McGrath

Dennis J. McGrath is a retired Star Tribune editor.

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Books

Review: 'Turnout,' by Joan Anderson Growe, with Lori Sturdevant

New book examines Minnesota's history of getting out the vote.
October 13, 2020
Joan Anderson Growe photo by Larry Marcus
Duluth

With tall ships moving on, chess players descend on Twin Ports

Following on the heels of a blues festival and a parade of tall ships, chess players from around the region will arrive for the annual and popular Twin Ports Open.
August 14, 2019
Grandmaster Bryan Smith (center, foreground) is registered to play again in the Twin Ports Open in Superior, Wis.
Books

Review: 'Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing,' by Robert Caro

NONFICTION: Robert Caro set aside work on the final volume of his LBJ biography to publish a memoir about his decades of work on the late president and Robert Moses.
April 12, 2019
Working, by Robert A. Caro.
South Metro

Burnsville chess team may get sectional win at nationals after ethics probe of Texas team

A Texas team could be stripped of a sectional championship after violations found.
March 8, 2019
Books

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.
February 22, 2019
Republican murals depicting the Troubles in the Bogside area of Londonderry, where the "Bloody Sunday" killings of demonstrators were carried out in 1972, in Northern Ireland.
ANDREW TESTA
Books

Review: 'The Improbable Wendell Willkie,' by David Levering Lewis

NONFICTION: Wendell Willkie's political career was tragically short, but he had a huge impact at a critical moment in our nation's history.
October 19, 2018
The day after Election Day 1940, Republican hopeful Wendell Willkie read the bad news. Associated Press
Books

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.
February 22, 2019
Republican murals depicting the Troubles in the Bogside area of Londonderry, where the "Bloody Sunday" killings of demonstrators were carried out in 1972, in Northern Ireland.
ANDREW TESTA
Books

Review: 'The Improbable Wendell Willkie,' by David Levering Lewis

NONFICTION: Wendell Willkie's political career was tragically short, but he had a huge impact at a critical moment in our nation's history.
October 19, 2018
The day after Election Day 1940, Republican hopeful Wendell Willkie read the bad news. Associated Press
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