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October 6, 2016
Books by Kate DiCamillo, Graywolf Press on shortlist for National Book Award

Books by Kate DiCamillo, Graywolf Press on shortlist for National Book Award

"Raymie Nightingale" a finalist in young people's literature; "Look," by Solmaz Sharif, a finalist in poetry.
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October 4, 2016

New York Times bestsellers

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October 3, 2016
Allen Eskens

Review: 'The Heavens May Fall,' by Allen Eskens

FICTION: In lawyer turned writer Allen Eskens' third mystery, troubled detective Max Rupert investigates and broods.
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October 3, 2016

REVIEWS: 'William Tecumseh Sherman,' by James Lee McDonough, and 'Night Driving'

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September 30, 2016

Review: 'The Lesser Bohemians,' by Eimear McBride

FICTION: A spellbinding second novel about a woman's turbulent relationship with an older man in 1990s London.
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September 30, 2016
Tracy Kidder.

Review: 'A Truck Full of Money,' by Tracy Kidder

NONFICTION: A Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer pulls back the curtain on new-age genius, technology, money and the traps of obsession.
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September 30, 2016
Caroline Leavitt Photo by Jeff Tamarkin

Review: 'Cruel Beautiful World,' by Caroline Leavitt

FICTION: A young girl runs off with her English teacher in 1969, and the romance changes quickly to captivity.
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September 30, 2016
Paulette Jiles.

Review: 'News of the World,' by Paulette Jiles

FICTION: A gentle veteran must return a kidnapped child to her family in the 1860s.
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September 30, 2016
Candice Millard

Review: 'Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill,' by Candice Millard

NONFICTION: A page-turning tale of the life of a young Winston Churchill during the Boer War.
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September 30, 2016
Woman Holding an Umbrella in Seattle.

Review: 'Today Will Be Different,' by Maria Semple

FICTION: A Seattle mother learns that her best intentions stand no chance against forces beyond her control in the latest comic adventure by the author of "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?"
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September 30, 2016

Excerpt from 'My Life on the Road' by Gloria Steinem

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September 30, 2016
See Dick. See Jane. See Dick and Jane teach kids how to read.

Readers share stories of learning to read

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September 29, 2016
Hmm, what to read next?

So many books, so little time: How do you choose what to read next?

There are millions of books out there, and new ones publish every week. What's your method?
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September 29, 2016
Milkweed to publish memoir of Minn. couple who spent year in Boundary Waters

Milkweed to publish memoir of Minn. couple who spent year in Boundary Waters

Dave and Amy Freeman will turn their year-long adventure into a book.
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September 27, 2016

New York Times bestsellers

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September 26, 2016
Amy Schumer arrives at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision

Reviews: 'The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo,' by Amy Schumer, and, 'Oneida,' by Ellen Wayland-Smith

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September 26, 2016

Review: 'All That Man Is,' by David Szalay

FICTION: Man Booker Prize-shortlisted tales focus on European contemporary life.
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September 23, 2016

Review: 'The Risen,' by Ron Rash

FICTION: Two small-town brothers are forced to deal with the past and a woman they knew 40 years earlier.
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September 23, 2016
Before a 1977 concert, Van Cliburn played in the parking lot of Schmitt Music in Minneapolis against a backdrop of Ravel's "Gaspard de la Nuit."

Review: 'Moscow Nights,' by Nigel Cliff

NONFICTION: An affectionate, entertaining biography of American pianist Van Cliburn, whose passion for Russian music briefly paused the Cold War.
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September 23, 2016
Marilynne Robinson Photo by Alec Soth

University of Minnesota and Mankato State bringing in big writers this fall

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