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Review: 'Costalegre,' by Courtney Maum
FICTION: At an artists colony created as a refuge from Nazis, its lone teenager longs for love from her very distracted mother.
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Review: 'Song for the Unraveling of the World,' by Brian Evenson
FICTION: Strange and engrossing stories cross genres.
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Review: 'In the Full Light of the Sun,' by Clare Clark
FICTION: Novel is based on a true crime story about three Germans caught up in a sensational art scandal.
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Review: 'The Lager Queen of Minnesota,' by J. Ryan Stradal
FICTION: Learn about the rise and fall of beer references in this lighthearted generational tale told through the eyes of three women.
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Review: 'The Last Wilderness,' by Murray Morgan
NONFICTION: This fascinating reissue of a book from the 1950s traces the astonishing beauty of the Olympic Peninsula, and its casual pillaging.
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Readers share their favorite spots for reading
We asked you to tell us about your favorite spots to read. Here's what you said.
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Review: 'The Book of X,' by Sarah Rose Etter
FICTION: A woman born with a throbbing knot protruding from her torso navigates a weird and often cruel world.
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Review: 'Tell Me Who We Were,' by Kate McQuade
FICTION: Linked stories follow a group of girls from school days to maturity.
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Review: 'The Nickel Boys,' by Colson Whitehead
FICTION: In Colson Whitehead's devastating new novel, a teenager endures an institution of abuse.
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Reviews: 'Hawking,' by Jim Ottaviani; 'They Called Us Enemy,' by George Takei; 'How I Tried to Be a Good Person,' by Ulli Lust
GRAPHIC NOVELS: Two biographies and a memoir bring real people to life on the page.
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Lesley Nneka Arimah wins the Caine Prize for African Writing
A Star Tribune "artist of the year" and a former Minnesotan, Arimah has been a finalist for the prize twice before.
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