Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller
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Big Book and Bold Ideas talks with authors from around the globe.
But our favorite moments come when host Kerri Miller sits down with Minnesota writers to talk about story, craft and how calling this state home influences both.
This week, we took a look back at some conversations with notable Minnesota authors, including Shannon Gibney, who just won her third Minnesota Book Award, Hmong writer Kao Kalia Yang and not-ashamed-to-be-a-mystery-writer William Kent Krueger.
Healing from trauma in the northern Wisconsin woods
Minnesota novelist Julie Schumacher on 'The English Experience'
Nostalgia becomes a weapon in the sci-fi thriller 'Prophet'
Novel asks: ‘What if your two favorite people hate each other with a passion?’
Christian Cooper on what it means to be a Black man in the natural world
Minnesota's supper clubs set the table for a delicious family drama
Luis Urrea's new novel is inspired by his mother's wartime experiences
In 'Shy,' a troubled teenage boy gets a last chance
'Of White Ashes' brings the WWII Japanese-American experience to life
Rachel Louise Snyder's memoir is as beautifully complex as her life.
A historical swashbuckler from author David Grann
Women bootleggers in the time of Prohibition
What it really means to be all-American
Minnesota writer William Kent Krueger on the importance of place
From the archives: William Kent Krueger on 'Lightning Strike'
Journalist Jeff Sharlet on America's slow civil war
Drew Brockington takes fans into 'meowter' space at Talking Volumes
From the archives: 'CatStronauts' author Drew Brockington blasts off into fun
'Symphony of Secrets' is an ode to music stolen and composers erased
How dogs become themselves and other wonders of puppyhood
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