A centuries-old unsolved murder, the return of Zora Neale Hurston and one really big truffle top our list.
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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.
AuthoredChris Hewitt
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The killers in these new mysteries include a serial killer who targets other serial killers
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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.AuthoredChris Hewitt
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The story behind the singalong holiday classic that shall reign forever and ever
Nonfiction: “Every Valley” traces the history of the creation of Handel’s “Messiah.”
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December 12, 2024
News & Politics
Meet the new owner of St. Paul’s Black Garnet Books
The bookstore, inspired by the local reckoning over race following the murder of George Floyd, sold this fall as founder Dionne Sims looks toward other dreams. The store will remain Black-owned.
December 10, 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.AuthoredChris Hewitt
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Books
So you say you’re bummed there was no new Ann Patchett novel this year? We have ideas...
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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
Short stories look at those moments when living our lives feels unsettlingly like time traveling
Fiction: Tales in “How We Know Our Time Travelers” are told by sensitive, self-effacing narrators.
AuthoredChristine Brunkhorst
December 9, 2024
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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.AuthoredChris Hewitt
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Agriculture
A divisive factory farm battle in southern Minnesota takes center stage in new book
Nonfiction: Sonja Trom Eayrs has lots to say about where farming is headed.
December 5, 2024