Courtesy of publisher"The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail BulgakovEvery week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke to Brandy O&
Today, he's the successful publisher of Forbes magazine. But Rich Karlgaard says it wasn't until his 30s and 40s that he found his stride. That's just one of the reasons he wrote the book "Late Bloomers." In it, he argues that we ar
Courtesy of publisher'Brown White Black' by Nishta J. MehraEvery week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke to Allison P
"I want to bring the contribution of poetry of the tribal nations to the forefront and include it in the discussion of poetry," says Harjo, an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation and a native of Tulsa, Okla.
Think about your most deeply held political belief. Could you love someone who adamantly and passionately disagreed with it? In this special episode, host John Donvan sits down with Arthur Brooks, one of America's leading political thinkers, to
Writer David Sedaris will read from his latest collection of work in Duluth Thursday night. The essays in the book "Calypso" are funny at times and deeply sad at others as Sedaris wrestles with life.
Porter will read from his new book Monday in Minneapolis, in conversation with Graywolf publisher Fiona McCrae. He describes the small, Minnesota-based press as a mighty, mighty force.
From humble beginnings in Hudson, Wis., the Little Free Library movement now reaches around the world, and it's celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend.
"The stories are really inventive, they're often horrifying, beautifully lyrical, just different than anything I've read in a really long time," says bookseller Jen Murvin.