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.
Environmental journalist Oliver Milman on why you should care about 'The Insect Crisis'
From the archives: Insect expert Marla Spivak on how to save the bees
Encore presentation: Science journalist Ed Yong on how animals sense the world
Veterinarian Karen Fine on the special role pets play in our lives
From the archives: Underwater nature photographer David Doubilet
Erica Berry on what wolves teach us about fear
Diana Abu-Jaber on family myths and inheritance
From the archives: Diana Abu-Jaber on 'Birds of Paradise'
Paul Harding explores the archetype of displacement in 'This Other Eden'
Professor Dacher Keltner on the significance of awe
From the archives: Ross Gay on 'Inciting Joy'
New author Jamila Minnicks on the resilience and history of all-Black towns
Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on America's obsession with fitness
Deepti Kapoor on her much anticipated novel 'Age of Vice'
From the archives: Emily St. John Mandel on her smash book 'Sea of Tranquility'
Minnesota author Shannon Gibney on her new speculative fiction memoir
From the archives: Shannon Gibney on 'Dream Country'
Anatoly Liberman on the origins of English idioms
From the archives: Anatoly Liberman on familial language
Clint Smith on how to reckon with slavery as America's original sin
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