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Review: 'The Cold Millions,' by Jess Walter
FICTION: An engrossing novel about the labor battles that shook early 20th-century America.
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Review: 'A Lover's Discourse,' by Xiaolu Guo
FICTION: An intellectual novel about an expat's challenges in Brexit Britain.
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Review: 'Memorial,' by Bryan Washington
FICTION: Bryan Washington's debut novel has a lot going for it, but his 2019 story collection is a hard act to follow.
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St. Paul poet Michael Kleber-Diggs wins national poetry prize
Kleber-Diggs won the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, which awards him $10,000 and publication.
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Americans shouldn't be afraid to inspect our collective 'basement,' says famed author Isabel Wilkerson
She discusses her new book about the structural roots of racism for a Talking Volumes audience.
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8 reasons we're still reading mystery writer Agatha Christie after 100 years
A century after her first book appeared, we still love Agatha Christie.
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7 takeaways from 'Melania and Me,' by the First Lady's former friend
Even in its heyday, the relationship between Stephanie Winston Wolkoff and Melania Trump was rife with red flags.
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Review: 'The Thursday Murder Club,' by Richard Osman
FICTION: A sparkling debut about four aging amateur sleuths trying to solve murder mysteries.
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Review: 'Snow,' by John Banville
FICTION: The murder of an Irish priest is hushed up in John Banville's mystery.
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Review: 'American Gospel' by Lin Enger
FICTION: Lin Enger's tale of a prophet, his prodigal son and a runaway actress is set in Minnesota.
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Review: 'His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life,' by Jonathan Alter
NONFICTION: This scrupulously researched book depicts Jimmy Carter as a man with a first-class intelligence and a second-class temperament.
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Review: 'Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath,' by Heather Clark
NONFICTION: Heather Clark's richly textured biography of Sylvia Plath offers the definitive account of the poet's singular life and art.
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Review: 'Turnout,' by Joan Anderson Growe, with Lori Sturdevant
New book examines Minnesota's history of getting out the vote.
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Pandemic affected how author Sarah M. Broom feels about home
The bestselling writer of "The Yellow House" discusses her "obsession" in a Talking Volumes interview.
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REVIEW: 'Field Notes From an Unintentional Birder,' by Julia Zarankin
NONFICTION: A novice birder finds beauty in nature along with a new way to live.
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