Remembering the lost Chippewa City
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“Rodham”
by Curtis Sittenfeld
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What if Hillary Rodham had met Bill Clinton at Yale — as she did. What if she had fallen deeply in love and followed him to Arkansas — as she did?
But what if — instead of hitching her wagon to Clinton’s star — she had pursued a life as a legal scholar and a political activist with the freedom to put her own driving ambitions first?
What if Clinton’s infidelity, his political compromises and his needy charisma hadn’t been Hillary’s burden to carry?
When I interviewed Curtis Sittenfeld, I confided that I wasn’t sure I was prepared to revisit 2016 in the midst of a world health crisis and a presidential campaign.
So I started the novel with some reluctance and soon tumbled fully into Hillary’s alternative world. I believed it when Hillary Rodham anguished over leaving Clinton — and knew she might never love like that again. “Did I imagine,” she asks herself, “my life would be full of such emotional extravagance?” — not extravagant passion, perhaps, but a rich and rewarding life.
My Thread Must-Read is Curtis Sittenfeld’s new novel, “Rodham.” Listen to our conversation on Thursday at 9 a.m.
—Kerri Miller |
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| | | 'Funny Weather' asks what art can do in a crisis | | "Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency" by Olivia Laing |
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At her best, Olivia Laing turns criticism into an elevated form of hospitality: Like a good party host, she introduces you to someone, tells you what she likes about them, then leaves you to it. | | |
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| | | These 'Little Eyes' watch the world burn | | "Little Eyes" by Samanta Schweblin |
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In her new novel, Samanta Schweblin gives everyone in the world a little critter that's basically a Furby with a webcam — naturally, this does not end well, for the owners, the devices, or anyone. | | |
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| | | Remembering the lost village of Chippewa City | | "Walking the Old Road: A People's History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe" by Staci Lola Drouillard. |
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North of Grand Marais along Highway 61, a white clapboard church stands as one of the only reminders of what was once a small community called Chippewa City. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked with author Staci Lola Drouillard about the book and her family’s connection to Chippewa City. | |
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