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September 20, 2019
Kate DiCamillo

Review: 'Beverly, Right Here,' by Kate DiCamillo

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION: Kate DiCamillo's third novel about the Three Rancheros is a big-hearted coming-of-age tale.
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September 20, 2019

Excerpt from Alice Hoffman's novel 'The World That We Knew'

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September 20, 2019

Winners announced in Minnesota Author Project awards

Steve South and Sarah Hanley take top honors, will receive $1,000 each.
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September 20, 2019
Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Review: 'The Water Dancer,' by Ta-Nehisi Coates

FICTION: Supernatural elements meet gritty reality in the world of slavery and its dissidents.
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September 19, 2019
Past fiction winner Marlon James announces the 2016 fiction winner, Charles Baxter, at the Minnesota Book Awards.

Minn. Book Awards moves toward more inclusion

By changing venues and paying the judges, they hope to involve more emerging writers.
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September 19, 2019
David Treuer. Photo by Nisreen Breek

Minnesota writer David Treuer on National Book Award long list

"The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee" one of ten finalists.
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September 17, 2019

New York Times bestsellers

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September 17, 2019
Valeria Luiselli

Coffee House Press is a finalist for Kirkus Prizes in so many ways

Coffee House writers and former writers are on the list of the prestigious prize.
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September 16, 2019
"The Stars and the Blackness Between Them" portrays black youth "a way that I'd never seen myself depicted as a young kid," says author Junauda Petrus

Minnesota artist's novel about queer black teens is one of fall's hottest books

After puppets and poetry, theater and film, artist Junauda Petrus is releasing her first young adult novel about two queer, black teenagers.
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September 15, 2019

Reviews: 'What Rose Forgot,' by Nevada Barr, and 'Kopp Sisters on the March,' by Amy Stewart

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September 13, 2019

Don't Miss: St. Paul Almanac release party

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September 13, 2019
Washington Post reporter Chris Ingraham now lives in a modest home in Red Lake Falls with his wife Briana and twins Charles and Jack. ] Washington Pos

Washington Post reporter dissed Minnesota county, then moved there. Now he won't leave

Christopher Ingraham now has written a book about his adopted home, where he is still living out his fantasy.
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September 13, 2019

Review: 'The World That We Knew,' by Alice Hoffman

FICTION: History mixes with myth as a Jewish girl and her protector seek safety in World War II France.
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September 13, 2019

Review: 'Night Boat to Tangier,' by Kevin Barry

FICTION: A lyrical, dark and funny novel about worn-out Irish criminals pining for a reunion that might never occur.
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September 13, 2019
Kate DiCamillo

10 best books of fall 2019, from magical tales to heartwrenching memoirs

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September 13, 2019
Susan Sontag at home in New York City in 1989. Eddie Hausner • New York Times ORG XMIT: NYT25

Review: 'Sontag: Her Life and Work,' by Benjamin Moser

NONFICTION: Benjamin Moser's "Sontag" is a tour de force, illuminating a landmark career and the divided woman behind it.
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September 13, 2019
Anna Burns reads her own "Milkman."Photo by Eleni Stefanou

Audiobooks: These 3 writers are also great narrators

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September 10, 2019

New York Times bestsellers

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September 9, 2019
Traci Lambrecht on the deck of her Minnesota home. ] GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com Wednesday, August 1, 2018 We profile writer Trac

Twin Cities area book events Sept. 8-15

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September 9, 2019

Reviews: 'The Institute,' by Stephen King, and 'Miracle Creek,' by Angie Kim

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