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Invasion of the pod people: 'Night Vale' writers coming to St. Paul
Night Vale, the locale of a cult-hit podcast, is one strange, intriguing little community in the desert Southwest. The spinoff book is just as engrossing.
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Review: 'Welcome to Night Vale,' by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
FICTION: In this novel based on the popular "Welcome to Night Vale" podcast, two residents of a desert town are enmeshed in strange and surreal conspiracies.
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Jonathan Franzen unfazed at being a digital-age punching bag
Our first Talking Volumes guest talks about his new novel, his animus for online culture and his tendency to attract controversy.
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Review: 'Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family,' by Amy Ellis Nutt
NONFICTION: A deeply affecting book, and a must-read for families of transgender children, or anyone interested in an inspiring story about a remarkable family.
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Review: 'Looking at Pictures,' by Robert Walser, translated from German by Susan Bernofsky, Lydia Davis and Christopher Middleton
NONFICTION: In 25 essays and stories, Robert Walser offers personal view of works of art.
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Review: 'The Mark and the Void,' by Paul Murray
FICTION: A boring banker is pursued by a failing author who wants him as a model for his next novel, maybe.
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Review: 'Lafayette in the Somewhat United States,' by Sarah Vowell
NONFICTION: Sarah Vowell's offbeat counternarrative to the Revolutionary War is bogged down by a huge cast of minor characters and takes a long time to find its footing.
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Review: 'The Witches: Salem, 1692,' by Stacy Schiff
NONFICTION: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff's new book, a sweeping history of the Salem witch trials, resonates with its exploration of religion and paranoia.
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Review: 'Thirteen Ways of Looking,' stories by Colum McCann
FICTION: A collection of vivid, intense and moving short stories features characters in deeply challenging predicaments.
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Review: 'Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America,' by T.J. Stiles
NONFICTION: Pulitzer winner T.J. Stiles skillfully recasts the story of the legendary Boy General, focusing on a crowded life of ambitions and frustrations that would finally bring him to his fate at the Little Bighorn.
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Review: 'Warrior Nation,' by Anton Treuer
NONFICTION: For those who wonder how and why Red Lake is different, an insightful review of a people's history.
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Sutphen and Kanner headlined an evening of St. Paul writing
This month's Carol Connolly series had a decidedly autumnal tone.
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Twin Cities Book Festival was a solid day of words, laughter and wisdom
The free, all-day festival helped mark the 20th anniversary of Rain Taxi Review.
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Review: 'The Dead Ladies Project,' by Jessa Crispin
NONFICTION: Jessa Crispin traveled all over Europe to learn from writers and artists who started their life anew.
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