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
Things To Do
Our Artist of the Year wrote four books this year (and found time to root for the Wolves)
St. Paul writer Kao Kalia Yang has won four Minnesota Book Awards and was recognized by the Guggenheim Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts.
December 21, 2024
Books
Our books editor, who reads 150 of 'em a year, has some thoughts on getting more reading in your life.
The best tip if you want to up your reading game: ABR. Always Be Reading.
December 19, 2024
Things To Do
Love both trees and poetry? Has south Minneapolis got a place for you!
Passers-by can leave their thoughts and take off with someone else’s at the Little Free Poet Tree.
December 17, 2024
Books
Review: In new collection, a book store attracts the wrong kind of customers — the murdering kind
Fiction: Jeffrey Deaver, Laura Lippman and others contribute 12 tales of holiday mayhem.
December 17, 2024
Movies
Review: Timothee Chalamet’s performance as Bob Dylan in ‘A Complete Unknown’ sings, but movie hits some flat notes
Inspired by Elijah Wald’s book, “Dylan Goes Electric,” the Dec. 25 release feels too much like other biopics.
December 10, 2024
Books
So you say you’re bummed there was no new Ann Patchett novel this year? We have ideas...
We think these are recent books a Patchett fan will love.
December 10, 2024
Books
Meet the St. Louis Park widower who wrote a picture book to tell his grandchildren about their late grandma
“Christmas Sun” suggests a way to remember loved ones who are no longer with us at the holidays.
December 10, 2024
Books
This fall’s book-to-movie adaptations range from great to Tom Hanks
“Conclave,” “The Wild Robot” and “Nickel Boys” prove fine books can inspire terrific films. But that’s not always the case.
December 7, 2024
Movies
Review: Timothee Chalamet’s performance as Bob Dylan in ‘A Complete Unknown’ sings, but movie hits some flat notes
Inspired by Elijah Wald’s book, “Dylan Goes Electric,” the Dec. 25 release feels too much like other biopics.
December 10, 2024
Books
So you say you’re bummed there was no new Ann Patchett novel this year? We have ideas...
We think these are recent books a Patchett fan will love.
December 10, 2024
Books
Meet the St. Louis Park widower who wrote a picture book to tell his grandchildren about their late grandma
“Christmas Sun” suggests a way to remember loved ones who are no longer with us at the holidays.
December 10, 2024
Books
This fall’s book-to-movie adaptations range from great to Tom Hanks
“Conclave,” “The Wild Robot” and “Nickel Boys” prove fine books can inspire terrific films. But that’s not always the case.
December 7, 2024