Chris Hewitt
Critic / Editor
BooksArmed with a degree in the lucrative field of history, Chris has written for publications that vary from a small-town newspaper to a city magazine to national sites. He's probably reading a good book right this minute.
Latest from Chris Hewitt
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Review: Latest Elinor Lipman comic novel is here to brighten your mood
Fiction: “Every Tom, Dick and Harry” is about a woman conducting an estate sale. At a bordello.
January 23, 2025
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A Victorian con woman schemes for money and love in zesty novel. She’s not the only one.
Fiction: Ladies who swindle are all over the place in a batch of recent novels about Victorians’ fascination with spiritualism and the women who capitalized on it.
January 20, 2025
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St. Paul kicks off yearlong celebration of 100 years of ‘The Great Gatsby’
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece will be performed, read in its entirety, placed in context and more in a year of events.
January 17, 2025
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St. Paul writer Heather Bouwman’s ‘Scattergood’ hits shelves, two decades after she started it
Local fiction: Set in 1940s Iowa, it’s about two girls dealing with the ramifications of war and a tragedy closer to home.
January 15, 2025
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Writer Lee Hawkins connects abusive childhood in Maplewood to the Jim Crow South and slavery
Local nonfiction: The Pulitzer Prize finalist looked to the past to find a way forward.
January 8, 2025
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Review: Sequel to ‘Presumed Innocent’ is more like Harrison Ford film than Jake Gyllenhaal series
Fiction: Scott Turow’s new legal thriller sticks with his own timeline.
January 7, 2025
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Review: A woman realizes her late mother is a mystery to her in tantalizing ’Rosarita’
Fiction: The latest from three-time Booker Prize nominee Anita Desai sends its narrator on a quest.
December 31, 2024
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If you want to know what Black men think, head to the barbershop, says Plymouth writer’s book
Local fiction: Keenan Jones used his childhood shop, as well as his current one in Brooklyn Park, for inspiration.
December 31, 2024
Books
Writer Lee Hawkins connects abusive childhood in Maplewood to the Jim Crow South and slavery
Local nonfiction: The Pulitzer Prize finalist looked to the past to find a way forward.
January 8, 2025
Things To Do
Review: Sequel to ‘Presumed Innocent’ is more like Harrison Ford film than Jake Gyllenhaal series
Fiction: Scott Turow’s new legal thriller sticks with his own timeline.
January 7, 2025
Things To Do
Review: A woman realizes her late mother is a mystery to her in tantalizing ’Rosarita’
Fiction: The latest from three-time Booker Prize nominee Anita Desai sends its narrator on a quest.
December 31, 2024
Books
If you want to know what Black men think, head to the barbershop, says Plymouth writer’s book
Local fiction: Keenan Jones used his childhood shop, as well as his current one in Brooklyn Park, for inspiration.
December 31, 2024