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The role of stories to unify—as
opposed to divide, to engage rather than to marginalize—is more important than
ever.” President Obama discusses books and his love of
reading with Michiko Kakutani. | The New York Times
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“I read my poem, feeling American
poets alive and dead by my side, feeling myself as representative in the most grave and
beautiful way.” Elizabeth Alexander on composing and reciting a poem
for Obama’s first Inauguration. | The New Yorker
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The finalists for the 2017 NBCC Awards,
PEN Literary
Awards, National
Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media, and Edgar Awards
have been announced. | National Book Critics Circle, PEN
America, ASME, TheEdgars.com
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I think genre is as much
a lie as gender is: An interview with Eula Biss. | Fiction Advocate
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“What a toll it has taken, this death and
grieving and loss!” An excerpt from Patty Yumi Cottrell’s novel Sorry to
Disrupt the Peace. | BuzzFeed Reader
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“As long as Trump is in charge,
if I absolutely have to visit the United States, I prefer to go in the queue
for a regular visa with others.” Wole Soyinka, the first African writer to
receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, has destroyed his
Green Card. | The Atlantic
Listen to me if you
know what’s good for you: An advance look
at Han Kang’s
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