Review: 'The Last Bookseller,' by Gary Goodman
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Review: 'We Are Meant to Rise,' edited by Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura
A collection of essays from a wide-ranging group of Minnesota writers exploring life during COVID and the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd.
Review: 'Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art, Words and Wisdom,' by Nora Guthrie and Robert Santelli
This lovingly curated volume of Woody Guthrie's song lyrics, photos and other ephemera will introduce the singer to a whole new generation.
'For now you are the standing one': So many of us owe a debt of gratitude to Robert Bly
A tribute from his longtime assistant, poet Thomas R. Smith.
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A father of daughters wrestles with what to do about abuses he discovers at a Magdalen laundry in 1950s Ireland.
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Alone and out of touch on the Galapagos during the COVID-19 lockdown, a young woman reconsiders her life.
Best-selling Minnesota author, poet Robert Bly dies at 94
He started out writing bucolic poems about rural Minnesota and became a best-selling author teaching men how to be in touch with their feelings. He was 94.
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Review: 'Galloway,' by Patrick Laurie
A love story to Galloway and its cattle — a quixotic tale of determination and wonder.
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Review: 'These Precious Days,' by Ann Patchett
A warm, funny collection of essays about life, writing, friendship and dogs.
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Bookmark: Bookstore browsing offers new worlds
I went to a bookstore. I did not go to get something — I went to see what was there.
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Review: 'A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America,' By James Horn.
An informative and engaging — but largely speculative — account of the role of a mostly forgotten Native leader of the first Anglo-Indian Wars in Virginia.
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Review: 'The Correspondents,' by Judith Mackrell
Women writers fought bureaucracy and stereotypes to report from the front lines of World War II.
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A prize-winning historian broadens and enriches our understanding of the American Revolution.
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Statewide book club highlights Kao Kalia Yang memoir
Yang will discuss 'The Song Poet' in a December event for the public.
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FICTION: Jenny Shank's stories paint a vivid portrait of Denver, a changing and diverse city.
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Andrew Roberts draws on a newly released cache of documents to provide a detailed biography of King George III that presents him in a whole new light.
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Review: 'A Splendid Intelligence: The Life of Elizabeth Hardwick,' By Cathy Curtis
A biography of the critic and novelist who married poet Robert Lowell — and paid for it dearly.
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A Nigerian editor deals with American racism in this gripping, compassionate novel.
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Bookmark: The contrary view of book clubs
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