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Minneapolis writer turned broken heart into graphic novel ‘The Flip Side’
Fiction: The book compares grief to living in an upside-down world.
April 16, 2025
Review: He’s a commoner but he could be a British king in ‘The Pretender’
Fiction: Jo Harkin’s novel about a fight for the throne is a stylish, profane delight.
AuthoredHamilton Cain
April 14, 2025
Review: Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet’s new stories are about folks trying to keep it together
Fiction: Southern Californians ponder celebrity culture and koalas as the world burns.
AuthoredMarion Winik
April 14, 2025
Review: In ‘Shelter and Storm,’ a woman puts her mark on Wisconsin’s Driftless Area
Local nonfiction: ... while wondering if it really makes a difference.
AuthoredMichiela Thuman
AuthoredMichiela ThumanApril 14, 2025
![Brad Thacher cast into a stretch of the South Fork Root River as he fly fished for trout. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Driftless Fly Fishing Company guide Brennen Churchill and store employee Brad Thacher fished the trout streams of the The "Driftless Area" for brown, brook, and rainbow trout Friday, May 8, 2020 in the southeastern corner of Minnesota.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/OM3Y5LZPGXR4I4KE55KIQCD7JE.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Minneapolis novelist Peter Geye will discuss ‘A Lesser Light’ with Kerri Miller for Talking Volumes
The Duluth event, co-sponsored by MPR News and the Minnesota Star Tribune, will introduce readers to characters who manage a lighthouse on the North Shore in 1910.
April 10, 2025
Review: A neurodivergent man tries to help solve a murder in ’The Sideways Life of Denny Voss'
Fiction: Yes, it may remind you of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”
AuthoredChris Hewitt
AuthoredChris HewittApril 10, 2025
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Review: When ’Minnesota’s Most Notorious Gangster' bootlegged his way to the (seedy) top
Local nonfiction: A rich biography of the man behind some of the state’s most notorious criminal enterprises.
AuthoredKevin Canfield
April 8, 2025
Transgender man to speak about masculinity. In fact, he wrote the book on it.
Local nonfiction: Former Twin Cities resident Shannon T. L. Kearns’ self-help book rethinks manhood.
April 8, 2025
![Shannon TL Kearns sits for a portrait Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at the Star Tribune Photo Studio in Minneapolis, Minn. ] AARON LAVINSKY• Aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/ZQAYDM7VILRTPIB42UJ3RTD3N4.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Hear 'The Great Gatsby,' every word of it, read aloud in St. Paul on Thursday, 100 years to the day since publication
There’s also a Fitzgerald exhibit at the Minnesota History Center.
April 8, 2025
Minnetonka couple have Hennepin libraries’ first passport. You can get one, too.
The system now has passports, inspired by Glenn and Linda Goecke’s adventures. You can get them stamped at every location.
April 7, 2025
Review: Jonathan Coe skewers fellow Brits in ’The Proof of My Innocence'
Fiction: A clever and compulsive novel that blends murder mystery and political commentary.
AuthoredMalcolm Forbes
April 7, 2025
Review: An unnerving man changes the life of ‘Audition’ heroine
Fiction: Katie Kitamura’s new novel is a glittering work of illusion and desire.
AuthoredHamilton Cain
April 7, 2025
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