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    September 10, 2018
    “The Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians” by George Catlin is the oldest book in the North Dakota State Library's catalog. The two-volume set was printed in 1841 in London. Jack Dura / Bismarck Tribune
    Oldest materials in ND state archives, library highlight state's past
    BISMARCK — Wearing white gloves, Stephanie Baltzer Kom gingerly leafed through the fragile pages of 200-year-old documents handwritten...
    entertainment/booksSeptember 10, 2018 - 6:00am
    August 24, 2018
    Alexandra Tweten, who grew up in Climax, Minn., is the author of a new book, "Bye Felipe," which is described as a field guide to modern dating. (Submitted photo)
    Climax, Minn.'s Alexandra Tweten writes book on horrors of digital dating
    Alexandra Tweten, who grew up in Climax, Minn., has turned a blog -- where women could share the horrors of digital dating apps -- into a book....
    entertainment/booksAugust 24, 2018 - 12:40pm
    August 9, 2018
    North Dakota native Chuck Klosterman forges career as book author, essayist, pop culture critic
    Growing up on a farm near Wyndmere, N.D., Chuck Klosterman never pictured himself becoming a successful writer or author. "No, I didn't really...
    entertainment/booksAugust 9, 2018 - 7:19am
    July 19, 2018
    Workers continue the fan coil replacement project in the ceiling of the North Dakota Supreme Court Law Library on Thursday. The shelves on the left are empty after a water valve broke on Wednesday, causing water damage to numerous law books. Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune
    Water from broken valve damages books at North Dakota law library
    BISMARCK—A broken valve led to water damaging books Wednesday afternoon, July 18, in the North Dakota Supreme Court Law Library. John Boyle,...
    entertainment/booksJuly 19, 2018 - 5:23pm
    June 14, 2018
    Melissa Schmalenberger, known as MS. Simplicity, has written her first book on kitchen organizing. Special to Forum News Service
    How to get a clutter-free kitchen in 22 easy steps
    SEATTLE — Professional organizer Melissa Schmalenberger has uncovered many unusual things in her years of helping people get their acts...
    entertainment/booksJune 14, 2018 - 5:05pm
    May 6, 2018
    "Sister Secrets" looks at the dark history of Matt Valan's family. Special to Forum News Service
    Fargo pastor unveils dark, family history in new book
    FARGO — As a Lutheran pastor, Matt Valan is used to contemplating big, important questions. For most of the last decade he's been obsessed...
    entertainment/booksMay 6, 2018 - 9:39am
    March 26, 2018
    Cate Maki, 4, piles on more books as her mom, Heather, gets help checking them out from bookmobile assistant Janet Hougas. Maki, who lives in rural Minnesota, relies on the regular visits from bookmobile for reading material and videos. Bob King / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Bookmobile brings library to rural communities across Minnesota
    GOODLAND — Heather Maki's three kids went straight for the children's books lining the lowest bookshelves. The children's stack grew on...
    entertainment/booksMarch 26, 2018 - 10:00am
    March 8, 2018
    Book about 1916 Minn. iron ore strike wins 2018 Hognander award
    ST. PAUL—Gary Kaunonen is winner of the 2018 Hognander Minnesota History Award for his book "Flames of Discontent: The 1916 Minnesota Iron Ore Strike." The award was announced Thursday, March 1, by Friends of the St. Paul Public Library.
    entertainment/booksMarch 8, 2018 - 6:50am
    March 7, 2018
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    Cecil the lion 'suffered incredible cruelty for at least 10 hours,' new book says
    Booze shook the secret loose from the hunting staff. They arrived thirsty at the safari lodge in the Zimbabwe wilderness in July 2015. Their...
    entertainment/booksMarch 7, 2018 - 2:23pm
    Aaron Peckham, who started the online site Urban Dictionary in 1999 as a college student, in Palo Alto, Calif., May 14, 2013. Courts are looking to Urban Dictionary, a crowd sourced website, as one way to define words on which a legal case may turn. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times/Copyright 2018/New York Times)
    Congratulations everybody, 'dumpster fire' is now a dictionary entry, and here's why
    In 2008, a user at Urban Dictionary defined the "dumpster fire." The figurative one, that is: 1. A complete disaster. 2. Something very difficult...
    entertainment/booksMarch 7, 2018 - 11:00am
    February 8, 2018
    Kathryn Haddad is winner of the 2018 Kay Sexton Award for her role in creating a space in the Minnesota creative community for previously underrepresented Arabs, Arab Americans and Muslims. Courtesy of Kathryn Haddad
    Literary award winner gives voice to community: Arab-Americans, Muslims focus of work
    ST. PAUL—Kathryn Haddad is winner of the 2018 Kay Sexton Award for her role in creating a space in the Minnesota creative community for...
    entertainment/booksFebruary 8, 2018 - 6:40pm
    January 12, 2018
    From left, Bill Kennedy, development director of the James River Valley Library System, Joe Rector, library director, and Searle Swedlund, executive director of Jamestown Tourism, met Tuesday to discuss the permanent Louis L'Amour exhibit to be placed in the periodicals room of Alfred Dickey Library in Jamestown. John M. Steiner / Forum News Service
    Jamestown library plans Louis L'Amour display
    JAMESTOWN, N.D.—A permanent Louis L'Amour display that will focus on his time in Jamestown will coincide with the Alfred Dickey Library...
    entertainment/booksJanuary 12, 2018 - 3:45pm
    January 5, 2018
    Customers line up at Kramerbooks late Thursday for the midnight sale of Michael Wolff's Trump White House book, "Fire and Fury." Journalists also turned out in large numbers. Washington Post photo by Ben Terris.
    Forget Harry Potter. In D.C., people lined up at midnight for Michael Wolff's Trump exposé.
    WASHINGTON - The wind chill hit minus-3 degrees the night "Fire and Fury" came to town. But neither polar vortex nor "bomb cyclone" nor gloom...
    entertainment/booksJanuary 5, 2018 - 1:17pm
    January 3, 2018
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    Minn. author revisits American internment camp survivor's life in new novel
    ROSEVILLE, Minn. — For many Japanese Americans, the trauma of World War II internment camps lingered long after their release. In her newest...
    entertainment/booksJanuary 3, 2018 - 7:15am
    December 29, 2017
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    Yas it is: Dictionaries add pop culture terms from 2017
    FARGO — Last year many pop culture stars, including Last Week's Tonight's John Oliver, used a slang term that first emerged on the internet...
    entertainment/booksDecember 29, 2017 - 9:05am
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