Books
July 13, 2018
FILE - This October 1927 file photo shows New York Yankees stars Babe Ruth, left, and Lou Gehrig posing during an exhibition game. The sport's most su

Reviews: A clutch of baseball books for the All-Star break

NONFICTION: A clutch of baseball books for the All-Star break.
Books
July 13, 2018
Ashleigh Young Photo by Russell Kleyn

Review: 'Can You Tolerate This?' by Ashleigh Young

NONFICTION: New Zealand poet reveals edgy imagination.
Books
July 13, 2018
Alissa Quart Photo by Ann Fox

Review: 'Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America,' by Alissa Quart

NONFICTION: An intimate, sometimes demoralizing journey across the U.S. shows how even highly educated workers are barely scraping by.
Books
July 13, 2018
As the sun set over Moon Lake in the BWCA, the last canoe was ready to be portaged over a hilly trail leading to East Bearskin Lake, which lies partia

These 10 books capture the feeling of northern Minnesota

Gwen Danfelt, manager of Drury Lane Books in Grand Marais, has come up with a list of books to put your mind Up North even if you can't be there yourself.
Books
July 11, 2018

Review: 'Clock Dance,' by Anne Tyler

FICTION: A woman's life begins to blossom in middle age after she receives a strange invitation.
Books
July 10, 2018

New York Times bestsellers

Books
July 10, 2018

Reviews: 'Orchid and the Wasp,' by Caoilinn Hughes, and 'The Wild Inside,' by Jamey Bradbury

Books
July 6, 2018

Twin Cities area book events July 8-15

Books
July 6, 2018
Laura Ingalls Wilder at age 27.

Readers debate renaming Laura Ingalls Wilder award

When the American Library Association announced that the children's literature award that honored her would be renamed, public response was swift and passionate.
Books
July 6, 2018

Readers recommend books: 'Emigants' series

Books
July 6, 2018
Porter Fox Photo by Sara Fox

Review: 'Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along American's Forgotten Border,' by Porter Fox.

NONFICTION: This fascinating story of the northern U.S. border combines history, journalism and travelogue.
Books
July 6, 2018
Ottessa Moshfegh Photo by Krystal Griffiths

Review: 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation,' by Ottessa Moshfegh

FICTION: A young woman in Manhattan wants a good long nap in this darkly comic novel.
Books
July 6, 2018
Star Tribune file

Review: 'New Poets of Native Nations,' edited by Heid E. Erdrich

POETRY: This contemporary collection speaks to the complexity and richness of American Indian poetry.
Books
July 6, 2018
Clemantine Wamariya
Photo by Julia Zave

Review: 'The Girl Who Smiled Beads,' by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil

NONFICTION: Unforgettable story of a child displaced by war is a crucial, timely read.
Movies
July 5, 2018
Whitney Houston and her father, John, in "Whitney."

'Whitney' documentary digs deep into the singer's hurt (and dirt)

The new documentary enlists family members and confidants to explore Houston's rise, and especially her fall.
Books
July 3, 2018

New York Times bestsellers

Books
July 3, 2018

Review: 'Into the Raging Sea,' by Rachel Slade

NONFICTION: Corporate greed and human error combine for one of shipping's great disasters.
Books
July 2, 2018

Reviews: 'To the Edges of the Earth,' by Edward J. Larson, 'Tangerine,' by Christine Mangan

Books
June 30, 2018
Laura Ingalls Wilder at age 27.

Sad as it is for lovers of 'Little House,' it was best to take Laura Ingalls Wilder's name off award

Books
June 30, 2018

BEDSIDE TABLE: Readers recommend books

Books

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