Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller
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2786 - Looking for a chill? 'The Unveiling' is spooky, discomforting literary horrorFri, 12 Dec 2025
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2785 - Catherine Newman’s witty, warm and wary Rocky returns in ‘Wreck’Fri, 05 Dec 2025
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2784 - Mary Lucia shares it all in 'What Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder to Relate To'Fri, 28 Nov 2025
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2783 - Talking Volumes: Kate Baer asks 'How About Now'Fri, 21 Nov 2025
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2782 - Oyinkan Braithwaite talks curses, karma and the power to change fate in 'Cursed Daughters'Fri, 14 Nov 2025
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2781 - The Minnesota author whose book inspired the movie 'Nuremberg'Fri, 07 Nov 2025
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2780 - John Grisham talks justice, his new book and why he doesn't write sexFri, 31 Oct 2025
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2779 - Anna North's new novel sees an ancient body as sacred treasure in 'Bog Queen'Fri, 24 Oct 2025
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2778 - Talking Volumes: Misty Copeland on ballet, ‘Bunheads’ and what comes nextFri, 17 Oct 2025
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2777 - Kate DiCamillo marvels at 25 years of 'Because of Winn-Dixie'Fri, 10 Oct 2025
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2776 - Talking Volumes: Patricia Lockwood's new novel is a COVID-induced fever dreamFri, 03 Oct 2025
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2775 - Patrick Ryan's 'Buckeye' is a sweeping drama set in a small town in OhioFri, 26 Sep 2025
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2774 - Kerri Miller talks with David French about politics, democracy and 'the exhausted majority'Thu, 25 Sep 2025
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2773 - Journalist Brian Goldstone talks about America's homeless problem in his new bookFri, 19 Sep 2025
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2772 - Talking Volumes: Stacey Abrams talks about democracy, the power of of reading and her new novel, 'Coded Justice'Fri, 12 Sep 2025
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2771 - Mike Osterholm reflects on lessons from the pandemic in 'The Big One'Sat, 06 Sep 2025
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2770 - What being a mailman taught Stephen Grant about work, belonging and going the extra mileFri, 29 Aug 2025
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2769 - Be there pirates? The true story of Capt. KiddFri, 22 Aug 2025
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2768 - ‘A Marriage at Sea’ by Sophie ElmhirstFri, 15 Aug 2025
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2767 - Vampires and a happy ending: Three Minnesota romance buffs discuss how the genre is changingFri, 08 Aug 2025
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2766 - Lonely people find connection in ‘The Satisfaction Café’Fri, 01 Aug 2025
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2765 - New England noir chills and thrills in 'The House on Buzzards Bay'Fri, 25 Jul 2025
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2764 - Joy Harjo bends time with her poetry to honor her mother's deathFri, 18 Jul 2025
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2763 - A new cross-county memoir: ‘The Last American Road Trip’Fri, 11 Jul 2025
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2762 - The shadow fighters of the Civil WarFri, 04 Jul 2025
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2761 - 'Behind the Red Velvet Curtain'Fri, 27 Jun 2025
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2760 - In ‘Sleep,’ Honor Jones examines the paradox of parenthoodFri, 20 Jun 2025
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2759 - Neuroscientist Emily Falk links choice to change in ‘What We Value’Fri, 13 Jun 2025
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2758 - Amanda Nguyen shares how her sexual assault propelled her to activism in new bookFri, 06 Jun 2025
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2757 - ‘Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine’ talks about bars, the blues and belongingFri, 30 May 2025
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2756 - Karen Russell blends history and fantasy in her new novelThu, 22 May 2025
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2755 - Shigehiro Oishi says a ‘psychologically rich life’ is important to consider in his new bookFri, 16 May 2025
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2754 - Talking Volumes: Peter Geye on ‘A Lesser Light’Thu, 08 May 2025
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2753 - What our 'good boys' can teach us about living a good lifeFri, 02 May 2025
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2752 - ‘Fewer Rules, Better People: The Case for Discretion’Fri, 25 Apr 2025
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2751 - Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein’s new book looks at ‘failed liberal policies‘Fri, 18 Apr 2025
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2750 - Eric Puchner’s new novel circles around a love triangle that spans a lifetimeFri, 11 Apr 2025
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2749 - Chris Bohjalian's new novel about the Civil War sees the humanity in our enemiesFri, 04 Apr 2025
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2748 - When the world is underwater, what will we save? A new dystopian novel explores the answerFri, 28 Mar 2025
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2747 - This author witnessed South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation hearings. Years later, she wrote about itFri, 21 Mar 2025
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2746 - 'The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir'Fri, 14 Mar 2025
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2745 - Health psychologist explains how to change your mindset and embrace winter in new bookFri, 07 Mar 2025
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2744 - Novelist Geraldine Brooks reflects on the abrupt loss of her husband in her new memoirFri, 28 Feb 2025
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2743 - Lindsay Chervinsky’s new book ‘Making the Presidency’ teaches us about the past and presentFri, 21 Feb 2025
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2742 - Valentine’s Day special: Unpacking all kinds of love in literatureFri, 14 Feb 2025
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2741 - Fabienne Josaphat’s ‘Kingdom of No Tomorrow’ explores gender equality in the Black PanthersFri, 07 Feb 2025
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2740 - In her new memoir, Sarah Hoover offers an unflinching take on the first year of motherhoodFri, 31 Jan 2025
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2739 - Histories collide at the dawning of a new age in ’The New Internationals’Fri, 24 Jan 2025
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2738 - On the brink of the inauguration, historians reflect on America's trajectoryFri, 17 Jan 2025
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2737 - Naturalist Robin Wall Kimmerer on her new book, ‘The Serviceberry’Fri, 10 Jan 2025
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