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Fiona McCrae, who turned Minnesota's Graywolf Press into a national force, is stepping down
Graywolf books have won the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, among other laurels.
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Review: 'The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present,' by Paul McCartney, edited by Paul Muldoon
In 'The Lyrics,' Paul McCartney delivers an insider's look at all the songs and giving credit to Black artists along the way.
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Review: Ghosts aplenty populate Louise Erdrich's new novel 'The Sentence'
A customer's ghost complicates the life of a Native bookseller in this timely novel by the Pulitzer Prize winner.
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The ghosts, past and present, that haunt renowned Minnesota novelist Louise Erdrich
Her new novel is a ghost story set in a Minneapolis bookstore very much like Erdrich's own.
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Review: 'Olav Audunssøn, II. Providence,' by Sigrid Undset; translated by Tiina Nunnally
The second in Sigrid Undset's 13th century series is steeped in darkness and murder.
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Review: "Blood in the Water," by Silver Donald Cameron
A Canadian author's swan song uses a renowned local murder to ask big questions about neighbors and society.
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Review: 'What Storm, What Thunder,' by Myriam J. A. Chancy
A powerful, emotionally rich novel about 10 individuals affected by the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.
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Minnesota authors land on list of 850 books targeted by Texas lawmaker as 'distressing' for students
They include Macalester Prof. Duchess Harris, who expressed "deep concerns" about the investigation into Texas school districts having books that deal with race, sexuality and other issues.
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Review: 'Riccardino,' by Andrea Camilleri, translated from the Spanish by Stephen Sartarelli
Tuesday Read: Montalbano says farewell in the lovably quirky novel 'Riccardino'
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Review: 'Murder at Mallowan Hall,' by Colleen Cambridge
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Bestselling St. Paul author William Kent Krueger doesn't claim to be a writer: 'I'm a storyteller'
The latest in his Cork O'Connor mystery series brings him to the Fitzgerald Theater Wednesday.
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Review: 'Our Country Friends,' by Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart's rollicking, playful new novel skewers the mores of cultural elites during a pandemic shutdown.
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Review: "What Just Happened" by Charles Finch
The intermittent observations of an L.A. novelist as he maneuvers through the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Review: 'The Writing of the Gods,' by Edward Dolnick
A wide-ranging look at the discovery and decoding of the Rosetta Stone, which catalyzed our understanding of hieroglyphs and ancient Egypt.
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Around the Region
- 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
- Apple Books-Top-10
- Chicago 7-year-old raises money for hospital's pandemic gear
- Bob Woodward to take on final days of Trump's presidency
- Alison Lurie, prize winning novelist, dead at 94
Most Read
- In book-loving Minnesota, Independent Bookstore Day lasts 5 days. Here's what indie shops recommend.
- Spring's hot gift book features gorgeous found-nature photos
- 'Devil in the White City' author Erik Larson returns with 'The Demon of Unrest'
- Pulitzer Prize-winning Minneapolis author Louise Erdrich announces new book
- 'Magpie Murders' creator Anthony Horowitz wrote 'Close to Death' and is a (dopey) character in it
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