Books
April 27, 2020
Reminder: Minnesota Book Awards will be live-streamed Tuesday

Reminder: Minnesota Book Awards will be live-streamed Tuesday

The show begins at 7 p.m. on the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library website.
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April 24, 2020

Shelftalkers: Booksellers recommend books

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April 24, 2020
Coya Knutson played the accordion as she awaited primary returns in 1958.

Don't miss: the travel guide "In Her Footsteps"

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April 24, 2020

Bookmark: An old book resonates in these modern times

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April 24, 2020

Review: 'This Is All I Got: A New Mother's Search for Home,' by Lauren Sandler

NONFICTION: A New York journalist documents a year in the life of a homeless mother and the system that failed her.
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April 24, 2020
Souvankham Thammavongsa

Review: 'How to Pronounce Knife," by Souvankham Thammavongsa

FICTION: Heartbreaking stories about the family lives of Laotian immigrants to North America.
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April 24, 2020
Professor Immanuel Kim, translator of "Friend"

Review: 'Friend,' by Paek Nam-nyong, translated from the Korean by Immanuel Kim

FICTION: A judge weighs a couple's request to dissolve their marriage in this deeply felt novel by a Korean writer.
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April 24, 2020
Svenja O'Donnell photo by Urszula Soltys

Review: 'Inge's War,' by Svenja O'Donnell

NONFICTION: A journalist uncovers the tragic story of her German grandmother's World War II life and doomed love affair.
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April 21, 2020

New York Times bestsellers

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April 20, 2020

REVIEW: 'For Joshua,' by Richard Wagamese and 'Strike Me Down,' by Mindy Mejia

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April 18, 2020
Jason Rosenthal and Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Review: 'My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me,' by Jason B. Rosenthal

NONFICTION: Jason B. Rosenthal lived in a real-life romcom. Until he didn't.
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April 17, 2020

Shelftalkers: Bookseller recommends 'Little Fires Everywhere,' by Celeste Ng

Local
April 17, 2020
Re-shelving a library takes time, but there are unexpected rewards. (Christopher Knight/Los Angeles Times/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1614371

Bookmark: Reading in the time of virus

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April 17, 2020
Thomas Rid by Annette Rid

Review: 'Active Measures,' by Thomas Rid

NONFICTION: Laying out the long history of Russian disinformation in America.
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April 17, 2020
Luke Brown photo courtesy of the author

Review: 'Theft,' by Luke Brown

FICTION: An endearing, funny novel about a young man who falls for an inaccessible woman in post-Brexit London.
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April 17, 2020
Boneshaker Books, Minneapolis.

Nonprofit bookstore Boneshaker Books crowdfunds enough cash to reopen

The store, run by volunteers, will first open online and later in its original storefront in Seward.
Books
April 17, 2020
Sebastian Barry photo courtesy of the Irish Times

Review: 'A Thousand Moons,' by Sebastian Barry

FICTION: An evocative novel about a Native American teen who battles post-Civil War bigotry.
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April 14, 2020

New York Times bestsellers

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April 14, 2020
Kate DiCamillo

Minnesotans launch first all-state book club

Kate DiCamillo's "Because of Winn-Dixie" chosen for first all-state book club.
Local
April 11, 2020
Celeste Headlee

Author of 'Do Nothing' book says quarantine gives us a rare chance to slow down, reassess

She wants people to relearn how to appreciate leisure and rethink relationship with work.

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