Books
May 22, 2020
Nancy Wayson Dinan

Review: 'Things You Would Know If You Grew Up Around Here,' by Nancy Wayson Dinan

FICTION: A young woman searches for a missing friend and hears the echoes of lost voices.
Books
May 22, 2020
Mary McLeod Bethune visited the Twin Cities in 1953.

Review: 'The Black Cabinet,' by Jill Watts

NONFICTION: Historian Jill Watts examines how a black woman helped move African-American voters from the GOP to the Democrats.
Books
May 22, 2020
A. Kendra Greene

Review: 'The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums,' by A. Kendra Greene

NONFICTION: A whimsical journey through Iceland's niche galleries.
Books
May 22, 2020

Reviews: 'American Sherlock,' by Kate Winkler Dawson, and 'Swimming in the Dark,' by Tomasz Jedrowski

Books
May 19, 2020

New York Times bestsellers

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May 16, 2020
In Shriver's new novel, the two main characters are a former runner, and a newly-minted runner. And there is friction.

Review: 'The Motion of the Body Through Space,' by Lionel Shriver

FICTION: A husband takes up triathlon training just as his athlete wife's knees fail her in this satire by controversial writer Lionel Shriver.
Books
May 16, 2020
Hillary Clinton

Review: 'Rodham' imagines Hillary's life as the road not taken

FICTION: The author of "American Wife" offers another take on a former First Lady in her new novel "Rodham."
Books
May 15, 2020

REVIEWS: 'The Other Bennet Sister,' by Janice Hadlow, and 'Elsey Come Home' by Susan Conley

Books
May 15, 2020

Quarantine read: Lee Smith's "Blue Marlin"

Books
May 15, 2020
Poet Maxine Kumin in 1974.

Review: 'The Equivalents,' by Maggie Doherty

NONFICTION: The story behind a groundbreaking program that gave time and space to women artists in the 1960s.
Books
May 15, 2020
Steven Johnson

Review: 'Enemy of All Mankind,' by Steven Johnson

NONFICTION: An adventure-filled life that feels plucked from swashbuckling fiction.
Books
May 15, 2020
Mary South, photo by Nina Subin

Review: "You Will Never Be Forgotten," by Mary South

FICTION: Mary South's short stories are shot through with ghosts of love and grief.
Books
May 15, 2020
Boneshaker Books in Minneapolis is hosting online book clubs.

Bookmark: Independent bookstores get creative

Local
May 12, 2020
Bill Friedrich looked through books with his grandsons Will, 2, center, and Sully, 5, at Excelsior Bay Books, Monday, May 11, 2020 in Excelsior, MN. W

Independent book stores finding path to survival during virus outbreak

People have more time to read or assemble jigsaw puzzles.
Books
May 12, 2020

New York Times bestsellers

Books
May 8, 2020

Reviews: 'The Last Day,' by Andrew Hunter Murray, and 'In the Land of Men,' by Adrienne Miller

Books
May 8, 2020

Review: 'A Children's Bible,' by Lydia Millet

FICTION: In Lydia Millet's clever allegorical novel, neglected teenagers are left to clean up their parents' mess.
Books
May 8, 2020

Review: 'Strange Hotel,' by Eimear McBride

FICTION: A woman comes to terms with her past and her identity in a series of hotel rooms.
Books
May 8, 2020

What to read when you're stuck at home

What to read when you're stuck at home
Books
May 8, 2020

Review: 'Sansei and Sensibility: Stories,' by Karen Tei Yamashita

FICTION: "Sansei and Sensibility" explores nuances of Japanese-American life.

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