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Writing With Chronic Illness, Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Notion of Genius, and More
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Mohsin Hamid Wins Aspen Words Prize, Beverly Cleary Turns 102, and More
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Top Ten Challenged Books, New Tolkien Novel, and More
Poet J. D. McClatchy has died at age seventy-two; Obama’s last summer reads as president; Circe author Madeline Miller on women in mythology; and other news.
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