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Review: 'Property,' stories by Lionel Shriver
FICTION: Twelve clever stories explore the idea of property.
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REVIEW: 'Mr. Flood's Last Resort' by Jess Kidd
FICTION: Jess Kidd's second novel is a charming, touching magical mystery tour.
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Excerpt: From 'Alone at the Top,' by Lonnie Dupre with Pam Louwagie
An excerpt from Lonnie Dupre's new book details a treacherous ascent of Mount Denali.
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Mpls writer Lesley Nneka Arimah a MacDowell fellow--again
MacDowell fellows can spend up to eight weeks working undisturbed at a retreat in New Hampshire.
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Review: 'The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made,' by Patricia O'Toole
NONFICTION: In graceful prose and deep scholarship, Patricia O'Toole casts new light on the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.
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Review: 'Great American Outpost,' by Maya Rao
NONFICTION: Star Tribune reporter Maya Rao drags readers into the nasty business of oil extraction, fracking style, in North Dakota's Bakken fields.
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Review: 'Stray City,' by Chelsey Johnson
FICTION: A Minnesota writer's debut novel explores the turmoil stirred up when a lost lesbian finds herself with a straight man.
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5 new collections of poetry with Minnesota ties for spring
POETRY: Five new collections with Minnesota ties examine love, fear, parenting and the Sept. 11 attacks.
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'Crusade for Forgotten Souls' reveals the tragic history of Minnesota's asylums
NONFICTION: A daughter of Norwegian immigrants helped bring about change.
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Review: 'Hey Mom,' by Louie Anderson, pays tribute to Mom and Minnesota
NONFICTION: "Baskets" isn't the only way the St. Paul-bred comic pays tribute to his late parent.
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Review: 'The Art of the Wasted Day,' by Patricia Hampl
NONFICTION: "The job of being human," writes Patricia Hampl, "is not figuring things out, but getting lost in thought."
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