Minneapolis writers win PEN America literary awards
Jonathan Slaght won for "Owls of the Eastern Ice," Kawai Strong Washburn for "Sharks in the Time of Saviors."
Review: 'The Five Wounds,' by Kirstin Valdez Quade
FICTION: This vibrant novel showcases one man's road to redemption.
Review: 'The Wild Silence,' by Raynor Winn
NONFICTION: Both sequel and prequel to "The Salt Path," Raynor Winn's new memoir is about the power of nature.
Review: 'A Most Remarkable Creature,' by Jonathan Meiburg
NONFICTION: A fascinating look at the striated caracara, an endangered bird of prey.
Review: 'Sound Like Trapped Thunder,' by Jessica Lind Peterson
Nonfiction: A sparkling collection of essays about animals and humans.
Review: 'Philip Roth: The Biography,' by Blake Bailey
NONFICTION: Biography devotes far more space to the author's marriages and sex life than to his literary legacy.
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A new exhibit argues for the timeliness of famed Minnesota author Sinclair Lewis
New exhibit focuses on life and timeliness of Sinclair Lewis.
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Quarantine Read: Reader recommends 'Alone' by Richard E. Byrd
"Alone," by Richard E. ByrdAs I was noticing this winter the effects of physical isolation, I remembered a book I had read about 15 years…
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'It's a great adventure story,' says singer Rickie Lee Jones of her new memoir
A colorful cast of characters populates the hipster pop star's new memoir.
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New York Times bestsellers
FICTION1. Win, by Harlan Coben. (Grand Central) Windsor Horne Lockwood III might rectify cold cases connected to his family that have eluded the FBI for…
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3 great female-centric graphic novels
We've just wrapped up Women's History Month, but the importance of women in comics is pretty much a year-round thing. Case in point: three female-centric…
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Reviews: 'The Jigsaw Man,' by Nadine Matheson, 'The Burning Girls' by C.J. Tudor and 'Heaven's a Lie' by Wallace Stroby
The Jigsaw ManBy Nadine Matheson. (Hanover Square Press, 496 pages, $27.99.)I like to think I'm a good person — peace-loving, compassionate, prone to acts of…
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Essential Hemingway reading
The essential HemingwayErnest Hemingway's terse prose style might seem clichéd today, but his short, declarative sentences and beneath-the-surface meaning were groundbreaking in his time. Here…
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New York Times bestsellers
FICTION1. Life After Death, by Sister Souljah. (Atria/Emily Bestler) In a sequel to "The Coldest Winter Ever," Winter Santiaga emerges after time served and seeks…
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Alexs Pate is this year's Kay Sexton Award recipient
The writer, educator and mentor has devoted his life to teaching, writing and correcting racial imbalances in literature and classrooms.
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Brooks: Lil Nas X satanic panic disrupts Minnesota launch of children's book
Sheletta Brundidge tells how song inspired autistic son's journey to speech.
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Review: 'The Leave-Takers,' by Steven Wingate
FICTION: Amid much death, a troubled couple create a life worth fighting for.
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Review: 'Grounds for Murder" by Tara Lush
Grounds for MurderBy Tara Lush. (Crooked Lane Books, 320 pages, $26.99.)Downsized from her dream job as a crime reporter for the Miami newspaper and dumped…
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Larry McMurtry, novelist of the American West, dies at 84
In "Lonesome Dove," "The Last Picture Show" and dozens more novels and screenplays, he offered unromantic depictions of a long mythologized region.
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Review: 'Libertie,' by Kaitlyn Greenidge
FICTION: Examining the dichotomies of slavery and freedom, body and spirit, duty and forgiveness.
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Review: 'Firekeeper's Daughter,' by Angeline Boulley
YOUNG ADULT: A young Native woman gets entangled in a romance and an FBI probe amid a meth epidemic.
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Bookmark: Eating crackers in bed with a good book
I don't mean to get too personal here, but here I go: What's the strangest thing you've ever found in a book? Maybe in a…
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Review: 'When Women Invented Television,' by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
NONFICTION: A journalist shines a welcome spotlight on four female pioneers of the nascent television industry.
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Review: 'A Little Devil in America,' by Hanif Abdurraqib
NONFICTION: A remarkable and original collection of criticism and memoir about Black performance in America.
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Review: 'The Agitators,' by Dorothy Wickenden
NONFICTION: The stories of three strong women who changed the course of history.
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Quarantine Read: Jane Smiley's 'The Greenlanders'
I recommend Jane Smiley's "The Greenlanders." The fictionalized story of an ill-fated 14th-century attempt to colonize Greenland, it has everything — well-crafted characters of persevering…
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