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Review: 'The Pull of the Stars,' by Emma Donoghue
FICTION: A captivating novel about an Irish maternity ward nurse during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
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Review: 'Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify,' by Carolyn Holbrook
NONFICTION: The memoir of Twin Cities writer Carolyn Holbrook is one of fortitude and resilience.
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Review: 'A Most Beautiful Thing,' by Arshay Cooper
NONFICTION: An inspiring underdog tale set in a world that few readers have seen.
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REVIEW: 'The Case of the Vanishing Blonde,' by Mark Bowden
NONFICTION: Journalist Mark Bowden delves deep into the dark side with these six true stories about abuse and murder.
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Review: 'Promised Land,' by David Stebenne
NONFICTION: This examination covers a lot of well-trod ground.
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Review: 'A History of My Brief Body,' by Billy-Ray Belcourt
NONFICTION: Cree poet Billy-Ray Belcourt rewrites narratives of LGBTQ Indigenous life through images drawn from his own experiences.
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Review: 'Crooked Hallelujah,' by Kelli Jo Ford
FICTION: A tale of four Cherokee women who hold down the world for each other.
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Review: 'Becoming Duchess Goldblatt,' by Anonymous
NONFICTION: A book by the creator of a beloved fictitious Twitter character is flawed but offers a hopeful message.
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Brooks: Young eyewitness to Floyd's killing is writing children's book
Judeah Reynolds, age 9, is going to tell her own story. The story of what happened that day she walked to the store, and in the days that followed.
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When will my library open again?
Hennepin County and Ramsey County public libraries remain closed for the time being. But some services are available.
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Review: "Cool for America: Stories," by Andrew Martin
FICTION: A smart and hilarious collection of short stories about young people with lives in disarray.
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Review: 'Of Bears and Ballots,' by Heather Lende
NONFICTION: Heather Lende weathered a nasty recall fight, advocating for the common good in all its messy glory.
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Review: 'The Party Upstairs,' by Lee Conell
FICTION: A dark comedy of class (un)consciousness unfolds in one fateful day.
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- Maia Kobabe's 'Gender Queer' tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year
- Top publisher teams with top maker of bilingual materials
- Nothing compares: Sinead O'Connor memoir coming out in June
- For Japan's star poet Tanikawa, it's fun, not work, at 90
- Aliu lands book deal on how he confronted racism in hockey
- Chris Hillman's musical life from Byrds to Burritos and more
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- Bob Woodward to take on final days of Trump's presidency
- Alison Lurie, prize winning novelist, dead at 94
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- In novel, 'The American Daughters' are Black women, fighting to end slavery
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