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- Don Winslow’s final chapter as a novelist
(Fri, Apr 19, 2024)
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- The feminists who built America
(Fri, Apr 12, 2024)
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- Can the fabric of a friendship be rewoven?
(Fri, Apr 05, 2024)
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- Kao Kalia Yang channels her mother in the memoir ‘Where Rivers Part’
(Fri, Mar 29, 2024)
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- What the deepest ocean reveals and how to save it
(Fri, Mar 22, 2024)
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- How memory works
(Fri, Mar 15, 2024)
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- Tommy Orange’s new ‘Wandering Stars’ traces a long trail of trauma and belonging
(Fri, Mar 08, 2024)
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- A prescription to modernize public health
(Fri, Mar 01, 2024)
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- Heather Cox Richardson on 'Democracy Awakening'
(Fri, Feb 23, 2024)
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- Memorable moments with women of faith
(Fri, Feb 16, 2024)
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- Family lore becomes rich historical fiction in 'The Storm We Made'
(Fri, Feb 09, 2024)
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- How women of the CIA changed history
(Fri, Feb 02, 2024)
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- Tracy K. Smith delivers a plea for the American soul
(Fri, Jan 26, 2024)
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- Can higher education be saved from itself?
(Fri, Jan 19, 2024)
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- The inside story of the government’s search for alien life
(Fri, Jan 12, 2024)
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- Three historians and authors reflect on this American moment
(Fri, Jan 05, 2024)
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- How a pastor's faith survived 'Beautiful and Terrible Things'
(Fri, Dec 29, 2023)
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- Can a 5,000-mile journey help a mother and son survive their differences?
(Fri, Dec 22, 2023)
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- Poet Major Jackson on writing poetry that connects
(Fri, Dec 15, 2023)
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- Rethinking roads
(Fri, Dec 08, 2023)
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- Decoding the 'familect'
(Thu, Dec 07, 2023)
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- Safiya Sinclair liberates herself in 'How to Say Babylon'
(Fri, Dec 01, 2023)
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- Kerri Miller and two book lovers share their favorite books of 2023
(Fri, Dec 01, 2023)
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- Tour the galaxy with the 'Bad Astronomer'
(Fri, Nov 17, 2023)
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- Talking Volumes: Margaret Renkl on 'The Comfort of Crows'
(Fri, Nov 10, 2023)
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- A hard look at gun violence in 'The Bodies Keep Coming'
(Fri, Nov 03, 2023)
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- Talking Volumes: Viet Thanh Nguyen on being 'A Man of Two Faces'
(Fri, Oct 27, 2023)
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- 'Land of Milk and Honey' depicts a future without the pleasure of food
(Fri, Oct 20, 2023)
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- Talking Volumes: Ann Patchett on 'Tom Lake'
(Fri, Oct 06, 2023)
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- A young girl runs from Jamestown in Lauren Groff's new book, 'The Vaster Wilds'
(Fri, Sep 29, 2023)
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- Talking Volumes: Abraham Verghese on 'Covenant of Water'
(Fri, Sep 22, 2023)
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- Healing from trauma in the northern Wisconsin woods
(Fri, Sep 15, 2023)
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- Minnesota novelist Julie Schumacher on 'The English Experience'
(Fri, Sep 08, 2023)
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- Nostalgia becomes a weapon in the sci-fi thriller 'Prophet'
(Fri, Sep 01, 2023)
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- Novel asks: ‘What if your two favorite people hate each other with a passion?’
(Fri, Aug 18, 2023)
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- Christian Cooper on what it means to be a Black man in the natural world
(Thu, Aug 10, 2023)
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- Minnesota's supper clubs set the table for a delicious family drama
(Fri, Aug 04, 2023)
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- Luis Urrea's new novel is inspired by his mother's wartime experiences
(Fri, Jul 28, 2023)
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- In 'Shy,' a troubled teenage boy gets a last chance
(Fri, Jul 21, 2023)
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- 'Of White Ashes' brings the WWII Japanese-American experience to life
(Fri, Jul 14, 2023)
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- Rachel Louise Snyder's memoir is as beautifully complex as her life.
(Fri, Jul 07, 2023)
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- A historical swashbuckler from author David Grann
(Fri, Jun 30, 2023)
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- Women bootleggers in the time of Prohibition
(Fri, Jun 23, 2023)
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- What it really means to be all-American
(Fri, Jun 09, 2023)
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- Minnesota writer William Kent Krueger on the importance of place
(Fri, Jun 02, 2023)
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- From the archives: William Kent Krueger on 'Lightning Strike'
(Tue, May 30, 2023)
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- Journalist Jeff Sharlet on America's slow civil war
(Fri, May 26, 2023)
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- Drew Brockington takes fans into 'meowter' space at Talking Volumes
(Fri, May 19, 2023)
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- From the archives: 'CatStronauts' author Drew Brockington blasts off into fun
(Tue, May 16, 2023)
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- 'Symphony of Secrets' is an ode to music stolen and composers erased
(Fri, May 12, 2023)
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- How dogs become themselves and other wonders of puppyhood
(Fri, May 05, 2023)
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- Environmental journalist Oliver Milman on why you should care about 'The Insect Crisis'
(Fri, Apr 28, 2023)
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- From the archives: Insect expert Marla Spivak on how to save the bees
(Tue, Apr 25, 2023)
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- Encore presentation: Science journalist Ed Yong on how animals sense the world
(Fri, Apr 21, 2023)
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- Veterinarian Karen Fine on the special role pets play in our lives
(Fri, Apr 14, 2023)
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- From the archives: Underwater nature photographer David Doubilet
(Tue, Apr 11, 2023)
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- Erica Berry on what wolves teach us about fear
(Fri, Apr 07, 2023)
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- Diana Abu-Jaber on family myths and inheritance
(Fri, Mar 31, 2023)
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- From the archives: Diana Abu-Jaber on 'Birds of Paradise'
(Tue, Mar 28, 2023)
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- Paul Harding explores the archetype of displacement in 'This Other Eden'
(Fri, Mar 24, 2023)
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- Professor Dacher Keltner on the significance of awe
(Fri, Mar 17, 2023)
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- From the archives: Ross Gay on 'Inciting Joy'
(Tue, Mar 14, 2023)
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- New author Jamila Minnicks on the resilience and history of all-Black towns
(Fri, Mar 10, 2023)
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- Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on America's obsession with fitness
(Fri, Mar 03, 2023)
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- Deepti Kapoor on her much anticipated novel 'Age of Vice'
(Fri, Feb 24, 2023)
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- From the archives: Emily St. John Mandel on her smash book 'Sea of Tranquility'
(Wed, Feb 22, 2023)
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- Minnesota author Shannon Gibney on her new speculative fiction memoir
(Fri, Feb 17, 2023)
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- From the archives: Shannon Gibney on 'Dream Country'
(Tue, Feb 14, 2023)
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- Anatoly Liberman on the origins of English idioms
(Fri, Feb 03, 2023)
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- From the archives: Anatoly Liberman on familial language
(Tue, Jan 31, 2023)
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- Clint Smith on how to reckon with slavery as America's original sin
(Fri, Jan 27, 2023)
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- From the archives: Naima Coster on her novel 'What's Mine and Yours'
(Tue, Jan 24, 2023)
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- Author Katie Hickman on the women of the American West
(Fri, Jan 20, 2023)
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- From the archives: Mary Doria Russell on what really happened at the O.K. Corral
(Tue, Jan 17, 2023)
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- Joanna Quinn on her best-selling novel 'The Whalebone Theatre'
(Fri, Jan 13, 2023)
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- Online disinformation expert Joan Donovan on the power of memes
(Fri, Jan 06, 2023)
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- Formative characters: Three Minnesota authors share their favorites
(Fri, Dec 30, 2022)
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- Jane Smiley on her new novel, 'A Dangerous Business'
(Fri, Dec 23, 2022)
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- Canine psychologist Alexandra Horowitz on her book 'The Year of the Puppy'
(Fri, Dec 16, 2022)
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- From the archives: What can dogs teach us about aging?
(Tue, Dec 13, 2022)
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- Annie Duke on how to get better at quitting
(Fri, Dec 09, 2022)
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- From the archives: John Tierney on the science behind willpower
(Tue, Dec 06, 2022)
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- David Treuer on the republishing of his first novel, 'Little'
(Fri, Dec 02, 2022)
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- From the archives: David Treuer on 'The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee'
(Tue, Nov 29, 2022)
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- Jessie Burton returns to family secrets in Amsterdam with 'The House of Fortune'
(Fri, Nov 18, 2022)
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- From the archives: Jessie Burton paints Dutch Golden Age in 'The Miniaturist'
(Tue, Nov 15, 2022)
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- Talking Volumes: Ross Gay on 'Inciting Joy'
(Fri, Nov 11, 2022)
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- Talking Volumes: Dani Shapiro on 'Signal Fires'
(Fri, Nov 04, 2022)
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- From the archives: Dani Shaprio ponders marriage in 'Hourglass'
(Tue, Nov 01, 2022)
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- Talking Volumes: Celeste Ng on 'Our Missing Hearts'
(Fri, Oct 28, 2022)
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- From the archives: Author Sarah Broom at Talking Volumes 2020
(Wed, Oct 26, 2022)
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- 'Should I sacrifice my life to live half American?'
(Fri, Oct 21, 2022)
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- Fresh takes on American history from three authors
(Fri, Oct 14, 2022)
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- The best of Minnesota writers on stage for Talking Volumes
(Fri, Oct 07, 2022)
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- Boyah J. Farah on how America made him a Black man
(Fri, Sep 30, 2022)
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- From the archives: Emily Bernard and the complexity of being a black woman in America
(Tue, Sep 27, 2022)
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- How art and poetry inspired Maggie O'Farrell's new novel
(Fri, Sep 23, 2022)
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- From the archives: Lauren Groff discusses 'Matrix' at Talking Volumes
(Tue, Sep 20, 2022)
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- Minnesota author Peter Geye on his new book 'The Ski Jumpers'
(Tue, Sep 20, 2022)(+0000 , )
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- The U.S. urban-rural divide is mostly a myth. Here's what's real.
(Mon, Sep 19, 2022)
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- Talking Volumes: Karen Armstrong on 'Sacred Nature'
(Fri, Sep 16, 2022)
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- From the archives: Karen Armstrong on ‘The Lost Art of Scripture’
(Mon, Sep 12, 2022)
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- Science journalist Ed Yong on how animals sense the world
(Fri, Sep 09, 2022)
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- From the archives: Animal behaviorist Clive Wynne on doggy love
(Wed, Sep 07, 2022)
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- MPR at the State Fair: Minnesota music trivia and The Family Stone
(Fri, Sep 02, 2022)
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- Scientist Morgan Levine on how to influence your true age
(Fri, Aug 26, 2022)
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- From the archives: Dan Buettner on how to live the longest, healthiest life
(Tue, Aug 23, 2022)
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- Debut novelist Oscar Hokeah highlights the pain and healing power of Indigenous communities
(Fri, Aug 19, 2022)
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- From the archives: N. Scott Momaday reflects on how Native stories shaped his imagination
(Tue, Aug 16, 2022)
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- Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández explores the linked histories of the U.S. and Mexico
(Fri, Aug 12, 2022)
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- From the archives: How immigration shapes America
(Tue, Aug 09, 2022)
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- Funeral director Caleb Wilde on 'All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak'
(Fri, Aug 05, 2022)
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- Historian Carol Anderson on the assault to undermine voting rights
(Thu, Aug 04, 2022)
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- From the archives: Sunita Puri on living — and dying — well
(Tue, Aug 02, 2022)
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- Quan Barry on her new novel, 'When I'm Gone, Look For Me in the East'
(Fri, Jul 29, 2022)
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- From the archives: Quan Barry on her debut novel, 'She Weeps Each Time You're Born'
(Tue, Jul 26, 2022)
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- Novelist Ann Hood recounts her days as a flight attendant in 'Fly Girl'
(Fri, Jul 22, 2022)
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- From the archives: When traveling, seek experiences, not sites
(Tue, Jul 19, 2022)
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- Author Frederick Joseph examines modern masculinity in 'Patriarchy Blues'
(Fri, Jul 15, 2022)
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- From the archives: Author Ashley C. Ford on her debut memoir, ‘Somebody’s Daughter’
(Tue, Jul 12, 2022)
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- Author Leila Mottley on her breakout first novel, 'Nightcrawling'
(Fri, Jul 08, 2022)
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- From the archives: Author and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts on the power of books
(Tue, Jul 05, 2022)
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- Novelist Jakob Guanzon on the divide between scarcity and 'Abundance'
(Fri, Jul 01, 2022)
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- Activist Robin Marty on her 'Handbook for a Post-Roe America'
(Wed, Jun 29, 2022)
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- From the archives: 'Love People, Use Things'
(Wed, Jun 22, 2022)
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- Writer Kathryn Schulz on the cyclical nature of love and loss
(Fri, Jun 17, 2022)
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- From the archives: Author Sue Miller on her novel 'Monogamy'
(Wed, Jun 15, 2022)
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- Take it to the Lake: Three booksellers share their must-read summer titles
(Fri, Jun 10, 2022)
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- From the archives: The science — and joy — of sweat
(Tue, Jun 07, 2022)
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- Columnist Tamar Haspel on the joy and adventure of firsthand food
(Fri, Jun 03, 2022)
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- From the archives: The gift of a garden in troubled times
(Tue, May 31, 2022)
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- Author Marie Myung-Ok Lee on her new novel 'The Evening Hero'
(Thu, May 26, 2022)( +0000, )
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- From the archives: Dr. Abraham Verghese on his novel, 'Cutting for Stone'
(Tue, May 24, 2022)
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- Writer Meghan O'Rourke discusses the invisibility of chronic illness
(Fri, May 20, 2022)
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- From the archives: Dr. Danielle Ofri on how to communicate with your health care provider
(Tue, May 17, 2022)
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- Yes, you can get your kids to read this summer!
(Fri, May 13, 2022)
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- Author Kelly Barnhill on her new kids book, 'The Ogress and the Orphans'
(Fri, May 13, 2022)
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- From the archives: Author Drew Brockington sends kids and cats to space with 'CatStronauts'
(Tue, May 10, 2022)
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- What science teaches us about being human
(Fri, May 06, 2022)
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- From the archives: Ecologist Suzanne Simard on understanding the wisdom of forests
(Tue, May 03, 2022)
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- Theologian Christena Cleveland on recovering a non-white, non-male version of God
(Fri, Apr 29, 2022)
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- From the archives: Theologian Jemar Tisby on how the American church should grapple with racism
(Tue, Apr 26, 2022)
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- Novelist Don Winslow on going home
(Fri, Apr 22, 2022)
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- From the archives: Don Winslow on the war on drugs
(Tue, Apr 19, 2022)
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- Emily St. John Mandel on time travel, destiny and what might have been
(Fri, Apr 15, 2022)
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- From the archives: Physicist Lisa Randall on dark matter, meteoroids and the demise of the dinosaurs
(Tue, Apr 12, 2022)
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- Mary-Frances O'Connor on 'The Grieving Brain'
(Fri, Apr 08, 2022)
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- From the archives: Writer Max Porter on 'Grief is the Thing with Feathers'
(Tue, Apr 05, 2022)
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- Kelly Weill on why conspiracy theories are spreading faster than ever
(Fri, Apr 01, 2022)
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- From the archives: Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe says all is not lost
(Mon, Mar 28, 2022)
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