Books
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James Patterson’s latest book features Green Bay resident
James Patterson joined “The Morning Show” to talk about his new book, “The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians,” in which he features Holly Strong, an area manager for Barnes & Noble in Green Bay.
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Author George Pelecanos gets reflective in ‘Owning Up’
What sets George Pelecanos’ new collection apart is how most of these new works are tethered together by autobiographical events in his own life.
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Author of ‘The Berry Pickers’ explores belonging and Indigenous stories in novel
WPR’s “Chapter A Day” is bringing audiences a novel, “The Berry Pickers,” that examines how two families are changed forever after a young girl disappears.
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Scott Guild breathes new life into flexible figurines with his debut novel, ‘Plastic’
Scott Guild joins WPR’s “BETA” to talk about his debut novel, “Plastic,” its own soundtrack and why it took him a decade to write it.
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The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Monday, March 11 through Friday, March 29, 2024. Read by Norman Gilliland and Michele Good. July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for […]
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Tommy Orange’s new book is a scathing indictment of US’ war on its own people
Author Tommy Orange speaks to WPR’s “BETA” about his newest novel, “Wandering Stars.” It is both a prequel and a sequel to his stellar debut novel, “There There,” and chronicles the lives of three family generations over 150 years.
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Comedian Moshe Kasher offers up a roadmap to himself in ‘Subculture Vulture’
Comedian Moshe Kasher talks with WPR’s “BETA” about his recent memoir, “Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes.”
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Sloane Crosley looks at grief, a strong emotion we all experience
Author Sloane Crosley’s book ‘Grief Is for People’ chronicles both her loss through burglary and the death by suicide of her dear friend and colleague.
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A dreaming mind, illustrated
Roz Chast talks with “TTBOOK” about her book, “I Must Be Dreaming,” where she lets us into her personal dream world through her drawings.
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Novelist Ed Park explores Korean history, American pop culture in ‘Same Bed Different Dreams’
Ed Park talks with WPR’s “BETA” about his long-awaited second novel, “Same Bed Different Dreams.”