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Many thanks to MKDorDiggsy on ALL socials - get it? for this sharp review of Jerald Walker's essays, "Magically Black and Other Essays," from Amistad Books . In Star Tribune Going Out startribune.com/when-your-blac…

Lovely interview of Edwidge Danticat by Erica Pearson in advance of the essayist's Talking Volumes appearance: startribune.com/edwidge-dantic…

Like we needed another reason to love Sade. (One correction: she has released a few singles in the past 14 years)

Why, yes. I HAVE changed my name to XX.

"A Sunny Place For Shady People," by Mariana Enriquez and coming from Hogarth Books , reviewed for Star Tribune Going Out by Hamilton Cain startribune.com/review-a-sunny…

Who's popping into the book room this week (well, their upcoming books are)? Geraldine Brooks with a memoir from Viking Books , Alexander McCall Smith with a new No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency from Pantheon Books , Alan Moore with a mysterious novel and a novel from Nnedi Okorafor, PhD🕷️

When Coach Staley took this job, Carolyn Peck gave her a piece of net from her title game and asked Coach to pay it forward. So after her first title, she sent a piece of her own net to every Black woman head coach in Division I women’s basketball. That's one hell of a legacy.

"Leave the World Behind" writer Rumaan Alam's newest, "Entitlement," from Riverhead Books, reviewed in Star Tribune Going Out startribune.com/leave-the-worl…

Nathan Clark — the father of 11-year-old Aiden Clark, who was killed in a car accident in Springfield, Ohio — tells JD Vance and Donald Trump to stop using his son’s name and the city of Springfield to demonize Haitian immigrants. “This needs to stop now!”

Critic Marion Winik shares a personal take on the latest from Louis Bayard (who should be WAY more popular, IMHO), "The Wildes," from Algonquin Books startribune.com/a-woman-marrie…

Enough already with books about octopuses. We get it. They're smart.

Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the titles on the 2024 #NBAwards Longlist for Fiction! nationalbook.org/2024-national-…

On 9/17, I return to Saint Paul Public Schools to launch The Diamond Explorer at Battle Creek Middle School. I wrote this book for the children who push the boundaries of what the adults in their lives know so love can stretch into the places we fear. Dutton Books yahoo.com/news/author-ka…

Look, it's a book! After many months of baking, writing, editing, collaborating (with my pals Lee Svitak Dean and Tom Wallace) and waiting (book publishing crawls in comparison to newspaper publishing), it's great to see an honest-to-god copy. Available everywhere on Nov. 5th.

In Star Tribune Going Out , Peter Himmelman coming to the Twin Cities to promote his new book: startribune.com/musician-peter…

"Food novelist?"

How Abby Cooper is making Minnesota more literate, sending free books to kids who don't have them. In Star Tribune Going Out startribune.com/a-book-of-my-o…

‘Here is storytelling in which people confront the world in all its instability and complexity.’ We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2024 shortlist. Huge congratulations to all six authors. ➡️ Discover the shortlist: thebookerprizes.com/bp2024

Hey, governerds: Duluth writer and "America's government teacher" Sharon McMahon's "The Small and the Mighty," due next week from Penguin Books , is entertaining and packed with info. Review in Star Tribune Going Out : startribune.com/duluth-writer-…

Twin Cities writers Mary Logue and Pete Hautman at last night's Minnesota Mystery Night (mnmysterynight.com), in Mendota