Here is your literary brain teaser for May. Let’s see how quickly the clues lead you to the right answer.
This mystery character’s name is known far and wide but the true story of how they came to be such an extraordinary figure has often been lost to history.
This mystery character captured readers’ imaginations with a combination of both human and animal strength, intelligence, humility and an innate nobility.
They are associated with one wild feat but that misses everything else this character was capable of.
The creator of this mystery character began writing as a lark, never knowing that the character they created would achieve a fictional immortality,
When you know who this mystery character is and the author that created them, email me at kmiller@mpr.org. I’ll answer all guesses until 5 p.m. on Monday.
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Does Minnesota author Abby Jimenez have a science degree? Because there's some real chemistry between the characters in her newly released book "The Night We Met."
It's a sequel in her "Say You'll Remember Me" series, but apart from some overlapping characters and fun Easter eggs, you don't have to have read any of her other books to enjoy this one. It's messy, it's real and I totally believed that the characters were in love.
— Lisa Ryan, MPR News
📰 Bite-sized Minnesota book news
How was Independent Bookstore Day? Email sstroozas@mpr.org with your favorite find! Now only 360ish days until the next one.
Minneapolis writer Matt Goldman's new book "Liar's Creek"
comes out on May 5. It takes place in the fictional Minnesota town of Riverwood.
The Loft Literary Center's f(r)iction spring writing comeptition entries are due May 15. Time to get writing! Cash prize is $300.
Sienna Lee of Moorhead was named the very first Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate. She will serve a one-year term as a public ambassador for poetry in the state. Congrats to Sienna!
Are you a local author, bookstore or literary lover? Send your book news to sstroozas@mpr.org and we'll add it to the newsleter.
The underwater world that Tara Menon creates in her new novel is wonderous and immersive. She joins Kerri Miller on this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas to talk about nature and friendship and loss.
Dozens of Tuskegee Airmen went missing in action during World War II. Most of them have not been found. Who were these men and what happened to them? In her book, “Forgotten Souls,” NPR investigative correspondent Cheryl W. Thompson tells their stories.
