Morning Show

Minnesota lawyer-turned-writer Debbie Russell shares her experiences discovering family secrets while struggling with dysfunctional family dynamics in "Crossing Fifty-One: Not Quite a Memoir."

"Kitchens of Hope" tells Minnesota immigrants culinary journeys and is as rich in recipes as it is in stories.

Minnesota author of “Neither Wolf nor Dog,” Kent Nerburn celebrates his new novel “Lone Dog Road.” Two young Lakota boys in the 1950s run from boarding school government agents while searching for pipestone for their great-grandfather’s sacred pipe. A redemptive journey set in the sometimes harsh but beautiful South Dakota prairies.

Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being” is an exciting and meaningful story with well-crafted twists. Staff librarian Tammy Bobrowsky and children’s librarian Tracy Kampa dive into the Newbery Award winning novel in their latest Mini Book Club conversation.

Writer Frank Bures thrills us with a collection of true stories about canoeing our Minnesota waterways in “Pushing the River.”

Actor Lili Taylor’s rediscovery of birds helped her to be more present and engaged with the world. She shares her experiences in her new book “Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing.”

Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa reviews new children's books by Amy Alznauer, Annie Barrows, Jose Pimienta and Andrea Beatriz Arango.

"Table for Two" is the latest book from New York Times bestselling writer Amor Towles—a fantastic collection of stories, each told with Towles’ signature wit and sophisticated writing.

Co-editors Michelle Filkins and Margret Aldrich look to reframe the traditional sense of locker room talk and celebrate the privates spaces where women are often at their best in “Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces.”

Amal El-Mohtar's novella "The River Has Roots" is steeped in folklore and brims with magic, with elements as a direct consequence of grief.