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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Fears of crime stretch across Memphis but Saturday there was a conversation about a solution. It came in the form of a community conversation in which members
, Jana Larson recounts her longtime pursuit of the truth about Takako Konishi, a Japanese woman who, as the urban legend goes, froze to death in the Minnesota snow while trying to find a buried suitcase of money featured in the film Fargo . An excerpt from the book, which was published by Coffee House this past month, appears below. Photo: © romantsubin / Adobe Stock. Bismarck, North Dakota, is a six-hour drive from Minneapolis, but it takes about ten hours by bus. You sit toward the back, next to an old man who sleeps with his mouth hanging open and an older woman with a red checkered shirt...
From Kazuo Ishiguro to Viet Thanh Nguyen, there is no shortage of new book highlights in the coming months. Photo: Handout Say what you will about 2020, it was a great year for books. How's 2021 looking? Here are some titles we are looking forward to in the first four months. The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by K. Woodman- Maynard (Candlewick, out now) Woodman-Maynard, a Minnesota graphic designer, has woven excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel throughout mystical and haunting watercolours. That Old Country Music, by Kevin Barry (Doubleday, Jan 12) Irish writer Bar...
Put on your sunglasses, folks. It's a shiny new year out there. Say what you will about 2020, it was a great year for books. How's 2021 looking? Here are some titles we are looking forward to in the first three months. • "The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation," by K. Woodman-Maynard (Candlewick, 240 pages, $24.99, available now) Woodman-Maynard, a Minnesota graphic designer, has woven excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel throughout mystical and haunting watercolors. • "That Old Country Music," by Kevin Barry (Doubleday, 208 pages, $22.99, released Tuesday) Irish write...
Put on your sunglasses, folks. It's a shiny new year out there. Say what you will about 2020, it was a great year for books. How's 2021 looking? Here are some titles we are looking forward to in the first four months. "The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation," by K. Woodman- Maynard (Candlewick, Jan. 5) Woodman-Maynard, a Minnesota graphic designer, has woven excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel throughout mystical and haunting watercolors. "That Old Country Music," by Kevin Barry (Doubleday, Jan. 12) Irish writer Barry, winner of the Dublin Literary Award and the Goldsmiths ...