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January 15, 2019

New York Times bestsellers

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January 14, 2019
Minnesota's Kate DiCamillo announces new 'Raymie Nightingale' book

Minnesota's Kate DiCamillo announces new 'Raymie Nightingale' book

"Beverly, Right Here" will be published in September by Candlewick Press.
Books
January 14, 2019
Tanesha Nicole read a poem Monday at "Button Poetry Live" at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, clinching top honors for the night.

For a diverse new generation, poetry is a 'growth industry'

More people are reading and buying the reinvented art form, with an assist from social media.
Books
January 13, 2019

Reviews: 'Narrator,' by Bragi Olafsson, and 'The Grandmaster,' by Brin-Jonathan Butler

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January 13, 2019
Dani Shapiro Photo by Michael Maren

Review: 'Inheritance,' by Dani Shapiro

NONFICTION: In her most powerful memoir yet, Dani Shapiro confronts the discovery that the man who raised her was not her biological father.
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January 13, 2019
Tessa Hadley Photo by Mark Vessey

Review: 'Late in the Day,' by Tessa Hadley

FICTION: The sudden death of an art dealer leaves a hole and disrupts the bonds among four close friends in London.
Books
January 12, 2019

Booksellers recommend books: Birchbark on 'New Poems of Native Nations'

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January 11, 2019

Review: 'The Dreamers,' by Karen Thompson Walker

FICTION: Like Karen Thompson Walker's previous stunner, "The Age of Miracles," "The Dreamers" says the world is a frightening place.
Books
January 11, 2019
The readings are free, and there will be hot coffee, hot cider, cookies and books.

Bookmark: The St. Paul Library's Fireside Reading Series features Sarah Stonich, Heid Erdrich and more

Books
January 11, 2019

Review: 'Ghost Wall,' by Sarah Moss

FICTION: An English family goes overboard in trying to live for a summer like the ancients.
Books
January 11, 2019

Review: 'A Rope From the Sky,' by Zach Vertin

NONFICTION: A Minnesota native offers an insider's account of the birth of a nation.
Movies
January 10, 2019
Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in "The Upside."

Kevin Hart's 'The Upside' doesn't have much of one

Remake of French comic-drama flounders amid hackneyed plot elements and stale jokes.
Movies
January 10, 2019
This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows a scene from "Capernaum." On Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, the film was nominated for a Golden Globe awa

Spirit of two children powers Lebanese Oscar contender 'Capernaum'

Two young performers highlight the foreign-film Oscar contender from Lebanon.
Books
January 9, 2019

David Shove, poet and curator of Minneapolis reading series, dies at 81

The curator of the Midstream Reading Series died of a heart attack on Dec. 31, shortly after moving into a senior living community.
Books
January 8, 2019

New York Times bestsellers

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January 7, 2019
"For Now," art book by Minneapolis artist Jody Williams

Jody Williams wins Minnesota Book Artist award

Her art book, "For Now," is both a puzzle and a box.
Books
January 6, 2019

Reviews: 'Almost Everything,' by Anne Lamott, and 'Dopesick,' by Beth Macy

Books
January 5, 2019

Twin Cities area book events Jan. 6-13

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January 5, 2019

Readers recommend books: 'The Whole Forest for a Backyard'

Books
January 4, 2019
Samanta Schweblin Photo by Alejandra Lopez

Review: 'Mouthful of Birds,' by Samanta Schweblin

Fiction: In a new English translation, a Spanish-language writer offers weird tales that will haunt your dreams.

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