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Review: 'Leadership in Turbulent Times,' by Doris Kearns Goodwin
NONFICTION: Doris Kearns Goodwin looks at transactional and transformational leaders.
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Review: 'Pride,' by Ibi Zoboi
YOUNG ADULT: A comedy of manners is really a love letter to a rapidly disappearing neighborhood.
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Minneapolis rapper Dessa is a rock star of a writer
NONFICTION: A fascinating memoir in essays touches on music, love and heartbreak.
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Review: 'Life of Miracles Along the Yangtze and Mississippi,' by Wang Ping
NONFICTION: Macalester professor and poet Wang Ping examines connections between the people of two powerful rivers: the Yangtze and the Mississippi.
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Review: 'Life of Miracles Along the Yangtze and Mississippi,' by Wang Ping
NONFICTION: Macalester professor and poet Wang Ping examines connections between the people of two powerful rivers: the Yangtze and the Mississippi.
Books
Minneapolis' Graywolf Press has second book long-listed for National Book Award
Jamel Brinkley's short-story collection, "A Lucky Man," is nominated for the fiction prize.
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Books from 3 Twin Cities presses are longlisted for National Book Award for poetry
Coffee House Press, Milkweed Editions and Graywolf Press are listed, along with former Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and others.
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Carol Anderson, Rebecca Solnit on the National Book Award longlist for nonfiction
The short list will be announced in October.
Movies
Matthew McConaughey's 'White Boy Rick' is a gritty father-son tale
Novice actor shines in a true story of a teenage drug dealer and his shady dad.
Movies
Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively bring kitschy touch to mystery 'A Simple Favor'
In "A Simple Favor," the director of "Bridesmaids" brings his campy hand to a thriller.
Books
Excerpt from Dessa's new book: 'We were a mess, and that was part of the magic'
The Doomtree rapper/author's new memoir, "My Own Devices," comes out this month.
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"Comemadre," published by Coffee House Press, longlisted for award
The novel is one of 10 books in translation considered for National Book Award's newest honor.
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St. Paul writer on long list for National Book Awards
Bryan Bliss made the list for his young-adult novel, "We'll Fly Away." The long lists will be rolled out all week.
Books
Review: 'Convenience Store Woman' by Sayaka Murata, translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori
FICTION: "Convenience Store Woman" is a weird and funny novel about not fitting in.
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