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Letter From Minnesota: Our Community Grows Stronger by the Week

Laurie Hertzel on Finding Solidarity Amidst the Tear Gas
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Letter From Minnesota: We Are a People Born and Bred of Organizers

Marcie R. Rendon on the Importance of Doing the Right Thing
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Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to Protect What We Love

Diane Wilson on Traditions of American Violence,
to Nature and Human Alike
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Letter From Minnesota: This is Actually What’s Great About America

David Mura on the Power of Solidarity and Diversity in the Twin Cities

Letter From Minnesota: There is No Time for Mom Guilt

By Kaia Preus

Maggie O’Farrell on Grief, Her History with Shakespeare, and Adapting Her Novel to the Screen

By Sasha Han

The Pain of (Not) Paying: Debt as a Monetary and a Health Burden

By Khameer Kidia

Photographic Reflections on Gendered Aging, Idealized Beauty, and Maternal Duty

By Ahndraya Parlato

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks

Fighting Abroad and At Home: Remembering the Experiences of Black Vietnam Veterans

By Wil Haygood

The Radical Power of a Bookstore: On Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights

By Gioia Woods

Nancy Reddy on Researching Beyond the Archives

By Nancy Reddy

Can Zohran Mamdani Survive at the Intersection of Identity Politics and Democratic Socialism?

By Mychal Denzel Smith

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Turning to Thoreau for Lessons on Living Through Difficult Times

By Kristy Beachy-Quick

Beyond the Headlines: Five Essential Books For Understanding Afghanistan

By Patmeena Sabit

Sex Without Shame: Senior Women Share Their Stories of Finding Sexual Freedom

By Joan Price

Against the “King Voice.” On the Evolution of Vocal Authority, from Orson Welles to Sarah Vowell

By Sarah Montague

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks

What Seamus Heaney Meant to Me, a Kid From Carrickfergus

By Adrian McKinty

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

February 6, 2026

New Series to Watch this Weekend

By Olivia Rutigliano

February's Best New Mysteries, Crime Novels, and Thrillers

By Molly Odintz

27 New and Upcoming Horror Novels To Look Out For In 2026

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads

Book Marks

Book Marks

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Writing is an Act of Faith, But Publishing is a Practice in Doubt

By Reena Shah

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest Was Published

By Literary Hub

Mars Rainfall, Death Monks, and Frankenstein Summer: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

By Natalie Zutter

Letter From Mni Sóta Makóče: “No One is Illegal on Stolen Land”

By Heid E. Erdrich

Kim Kelly on the Difference Between a General Strike and a National Shutdown (And Why It Matters)

By Kim Kelly

Letter From Minnesota: On Living in the Hour of Cities Under Siege

By Carolyn Forché

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

By Katherine Hollander

Kim Kelly: Why the American Labor Movement Matters

By Kim Kelly

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s Berlin Shuffle

By Philip Boehm