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Minneapolis poet Danez Smith wins Four Quartets Prize
The award, from the Poetry Society of America and the T.S. Eliot Foundation, comes with a $20,000 prize.
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Review: 'The Overstory," by Richard Powers
FICTION: Richard Powers' 12th novel is exquisitely structured.
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Review: 'The Changeling,' by Joy Williams, introduction by Karen Russell
FICTION: A 40th-anniversary edition brings odd Joy Williams work back into the light.
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Review: 'Circe,' by Madeline Miller
FICTION: A novelistic imagining of the life of one of the more intriguing minor characters in "The Odyssey."
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Review: 'Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life,' by Jenny Boully
NONFICTION: In hypnotic essays, Jenny Boully traces her evolution as a writer.
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Review: 'Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion,' by Michelle Dean
NONFICTION: Michelle Dean's biocritical study of 10 female writers places them in the center of 20th-century intellectual life.
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Little Free Libraries provide books (and joy) to enthusiastic readers
Nearly 10 years after they started in Hudson, Wis., little libraries-on-a-stick have spread across the United States.
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Five Minnesota writers receive McKnight grants
Three poets, one spoken-word artist and one children's author will each receive $25,000.
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Review: 'Look Alive Out There,' by Sloane Crosley
NONFICTION: Sloane Crosley is back with another witty, wisecracking collection.
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Review: 'Ecstasy,' by Mary Sharratt
FICTION: A romantic historical novel chronicling 10 years in the life of Alma Schindler, turn-of-the century femme fatale and wife of Gustav Mahler.
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Review: 'Varina,' by Charles Frazier
FICTION: The author of "Cold Mountain" delivers a somber story about Jefferson Davis' widow.
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Review: 'Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey Into the Syrian Jihad,' by Asne Seierstad
NONFICTION: The author of "The Bookseller of Kabul" is back with a masterful book of reportage that traces the radicalization of two young girls.
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Review: 'A Ladies' Guide to Selling Out,' by Sally Franson
FICTION: A Minneapolis advertising star takes on the literary world in Sally Franson's debut comedy of manners.
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It's an amazing spring for big-name writers visiting the Twin Cities
When you see this lineup of book events, you're going to be busy a dozen times over.
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REVIEW: 'See What Can Be Done,' by Lorrie Moore
NONFICTION: Lorrie Moore reviews books, TV, politics and her own life in this brilliant and piercing collection of essays spanning 30 years.
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