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Review: 'Festival Days,' by Jo Ann Beard
NONFICTION: There are aging dogs, fire survivors, straying husbands and lots of cancer in this terrific new collection.
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Review: 'Are We There Yet?' by Kathleen West
FICTION: The Minneapolis author offers more tales of parent-child relationships gone wrong.
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Review: "Foregone," by Russell Banks
FICTION: Russell Banks' new novel explores morality and mortality.
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Review: 'Trio,' by William Boyd
FICTION: William Boyd's "Trio" is a rollicking escape from today's political turmoil.
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How the DC comic book universe was destroyed and reborn – again
"Infinite Frontier" No. 0 is a good place to get an overview of the current DC Universe.
In his journey from jail to Yale Law, felon-turned-poet writes 'to remember who I am'
Felon-turned-lawyer/poet Reginald Dwayne Betts kicks off a Talking Volumes series about race.
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Review: 'A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere,' by Todd Melby
NONFICTION: A look back at the filming of Joel and Ethan Coen's classic movie "Fargo."
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Review: 'Brood,' by Jackie Polzin
FICTION: A woman grapples with the aftermath of a miscarriage in this debut novel by a St. Paul writer.
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Review: 'The Lowering Days,' by Gregory Brown
FICTION: A painful history between whites and Natives underscores the rivalry at the heart of this debut novel.
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Review: 'How Beautiful We Were,' by Imbolo Mbue
FICTION: Facing devastation a small African village seeks revenge and retribution.
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Review: 'The Seed Keeper,' by Diane Wilson
FICTION: "The Seed Keeper" traverses the decades to tell the story of a Dakota family confronting oppression and preserving their heritage.
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Review: 'Half the Terrible Things,' by Paul Legler
FICTION: A North Dakota man meets a terrible death in a Florida labor camp.
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