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REVIEW: 'Dog Years,' by Melissa Yancy
FICTION: In "Dog Years," defenses grow high against foreshortened lives and dreams.
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Review: 'I'll Tell You in Person,' by Chloe Caldwell
NONFICTION: Brutally honest essays from an unapologetic young woman.
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Review: 'City of Dreams: The 400-year History of Immigrant New York,' by Tyler Anbinder
NONFICTION: An engaging account of immigrant New York, filled with stories of folks who have made our country great.
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Review: 'The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West,' by Peter Cozzens
NONFICTION: A sweeping, sharp history of the Indian Wars on the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains from the 1860s to the 1890s.
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Review: 'The Jungle Around Us,' by Anne Raeff
FICTION: This prizewinning collection features stories that are complex and tough.
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Review: '1917: Stories and Poems From the Russian Revolution,' selected by Boris Dralyuk.
ANTHOLOGY: A dramatic and absorbing collection of poetry and prose written in response to the Russian Revolution.
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Review: 'Thus Bad Begins,' by Javier Marías, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa
FICTION: A brilliant political novel dressed up as a film noir.
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Fireside Reading Series will warm chilly nights
Free cookies and good stories in January and February at the Hamline Midway Library in St. Paul.
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Four Minnesota writers win NEA grants
Many other Minnesota institutions--from Coffee House Press to the Mankato Symphony Orchestra--also won grants.
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Review: 'Fish in Exile,' by Vi Khi Nao
FICTION: A freak accident and an extramarital affair suffuse this haunting novel by Vietnamese poet Vi Khi Nao.
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Review: 'Hola and Goodbye: Una Familia in Stories,' by Donna Miscolta
FICTION: Touching, linked stories trace the assimilation of a Mexican clan.
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Reviews: 'Dogs on Instagram,' and 'Cats on Instagram'
NONFICTION: The dogs and cats of Instagram are hamming it up in two new books of mostly pictures.
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Review: 'Schlump,' by Hans Herbert Grimm
FICTION: A rediscovered World War I novel in which a German soldier experiences horror and absurdity.
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Review: 'The Accidental Life,' by Terry McDonell
NONFICTION: A storied editor reflects on a long career in magazines. The result is endlessly fascinating.
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Review: 'Eleanor Roosevelt: The War Years and After, Volume 3,' by Blanche Wiesen Cook
NONFICTION: Blanche Wiesen Cook's final volume of Eleanor Roosevelt's life story portrays a confident first lady guided by the courage of her convictions.
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What's the best book you ever got as a gift? Readers share stories
"The Pickwick Papers" and "The Tawny Scrawny Lion" were among the favorites.
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