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Review: 'The Topless Widow of Herkimer Street,' by Jacob M. Appel
FICTION: In these eight stories, characters often choose being good over being happy.
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The never-ending election doesn't have to end
You can relive it over and over with this new insty-book, which pubs Dec. 4.
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As libraries change, we lose little pieces of history, like card catalogs
Everything about a library opened doors, let in light, told you more than you had ever expected to know. Perhaps best was the card catalog which was filled with history and possibility.
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Review: 'The Thunder Before the Storm,' by Clyde Bellecourt, as told to Jon Lurie
NONFICTION: From one of the last founders of the American Indian Movement, a proud claim of noble purpose and lasting change.
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Review: 'We Show What We Have Learned and Other Stories,' by Clare Beams
FICTION: A debut short-story collection keenly examines human nature at work within possible dramas and absurd fantasies.
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Review: 'The Angel of History,' by Rabih Alameddine
FICTION: An impassioned but uneven novel about a gay immigrant coping with loss, mental illness and alienation.
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Review: 'Notwithstanding,' by Louis de Bernieres
FICTION: Quirky but true-to-life stories out of a quaint English village.
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Review: 'Torn in Two,' by Michael Schumacher
NONFICTION: The true story of the Daniel Morrell, torn in half during a storm on Lake Huron.
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Colson Whitehead on new novel: 'It's not just about slavery; it's about oppression'
Novelist Colson Whitehead aims to change our heads with "The Underground Railroad."
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Art on the move! Poets chosen to have their poetry in Twin Cities buses
The project, spearheaded by the Saint Paul Almanac, will start in the spring.
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Review: 'The Terranauts,' by T.C. Boyle
FICTION: T.C. Boyle examines the limitations of human empathy through the story of eight Americans who choose to live in a glass Ecosphere for two years.
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Minneapolis' Graywolf Press editors receive national honors
Publisher Fiona Mccrae and executive editor Jeff Shotts win the Poets & Writers editor's award; Ann Patchett, Richard Shelton and Francisco Goldman win the writers award.
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REVIEW: 'Dinosaurs on Other Planets: Stories,' by Danielle McLaughlin
FICTION: An extraordinarily accomplished first collection of stories reflects themes of alienation and sorrow.
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Poets and prose writers win Minnesota State Arts Board Grants
Kao Kalia Yang, Shannon Gibney, Jude Nutter, Sun Yung Shin and Danielle Sosin among the winners.
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Review: 'Faithful,' by Alice Hoffman
FICTION: A young woman struggles to move beyond a tragic accident in Alice Hoffman's deeply moving novel.
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