Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

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2812 - Is Medea misunderstood?

Where Readers Meet Writers. Conversations on books and ideas, Fridays at 11 a.m.

2812 - Is Medea misunderstood?

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Where Readers Meet Writers. Conversations on books and ideas, Fridays at 11 a.m.

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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

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Is Medea misunderstood?

Kate Bowler is not living her best life — and she's OK with that

Kelly Yang's 'The Take' is an anti-aging thriller

'Five Weeks in the Country' with Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Anderson

Family matters when it comes to books

Lush nature and fathomless loss coexist in 'Under Water'

In 'Good People,' the story depends on who's telling it

Minnesota bestseller Abby Jimenez on the sweet and spicy genre of romance

Tayari Jones on female friendships, divergent bonds and 'Kin'

Presidential historian Jeffrey Engel on executive power and the current state of democracy

Daisy Hernandez on the many layers of 'Citizenship'

Louise Erdrich seduces with 'Python's Kiss'

Looking for grace in ‘The Glorians’

How ancient stones helped megalith-hunter Fiona Robertson stay grounded through grief

Daniyal Mueenuddin pulls from his life for an upstairs-downstairs novel set in Pakistan

Between a rock and adulthood: Risk and reward in Gabriel Tallent's novel 'Crux'

Tracy K. Smith prescribes poetry as a balm to our wounds in 'Fear Less'

Cognitive scientist Maya Shankar on 'The Other Side of Change'

'Moby-Dick' is recast with a woman at its center in 'Call Me Ishmaelle'

A journalist uncovers her family secret: They were spies for the Nazis

An aspiring novelist faces off against a spiteful and famous author in 'The Award'

Made to mingle: Why your brain is happier with friends

Jen Hatmaker rises from the ashes in 'Awake'

The best and most surprising Big Book shows of 2025, part two

The best and most surprising Big Book shows of 2025, part one

The delight — and potential downfall — of the modern dictionary

Looking for a chill? 'The Unveiling' is spooky, discomforting literary horror

Catherine Newman’s witty, warm and wary Rocky returns in ‘Wreck’

Mary Lucia shares it all in 'What Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder to Relate To'

Talking Volumes: Kate Baer asks 'How About Now'

Oyinkan Braithwaite talks curses, karma and the power to change fate in 'Cursed Daughters'

The Minnesota author whose book inspired the movie 'Nuremberg'

John Grisham talks justice, his new book and why he doesn't write sex

Anna North's new novel sees an ancient body as sacred treasure in 'Bog Queen'

Talking Volumes: Misty Copeland on ballet, ‘Bunheads’ and what comes next

Kate DiCamillo marvels at 25 years of 'Because of Winn-Dixie'

Talking Volumes: Patricia Lockwood's new novel is a COVID-induced fever dream

Patrick Ryan's 'Buckeye' is a sweeping drama set in a small town in Ohio

Kerri Miller talks with David French about politics, democracy and 'the exhausted majority'

Journalist Brian Goldstone talks about America's homeless problem in his new book

Talking Volumes: Stacey Abrams talks about democracy, the power of of reading and her new novel, 'Coded Justice'

Mike Osterholm reflects on lessons from the pandemic in 'The Big One'

What being a mailman taught Stephen Grant about work, belonging and going the extra mile

Be there pirates? The true story of Capt. Kidd

‘A Marriage at Sea’ by Sophie Elmhirst

Vampires and a happy ending: Three Minnesota romance buffs discuss how the genre is changing

Lonely people find connection in ‘The Satisfaction Café’

New England noir chills and thrills in 'The House on Buzzards Bay'

Joy Harjo bends time with her poetry to honor her mother's death

A new cross-county memoir: ‘The Last American Road Trip’

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