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When I’m Not Writing
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Kyle Lucia Wu
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Kyle Lucia Wu
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By
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By
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"I had that nervous date feeling, like you were all a giant Earth sign”
By
Kyle Lucia Wu
| December 1, 2017
A Night at the National Book Awards
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By
Kyle Lucia Wu
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By
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By
Kyle Lucia Wu
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By
Kyle Lucia Wu
| June 5, 2017
At the Cave Canem 20th-Anniversary Celebration
Luminous Words in a Beautiful Space
By
Kyle Lucia Wu
| May 30, 2017
Celebrating Literary Contributions Beneath Countless Chandeliers
A Report from the Author's Guild Annual Gala
Honoring Toni Morrison and James Patterson
By
Kyle Lucia Wu
| May 26, 2017
A Literary Party Institution, Both Cheeky and Sacred
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By
Kyle Lucia Wu
| May 15, 2017
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"To say the book world is excited would really be underselling this"
By
Kyle Lucia Wu
| May 2, 2017
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Granta
's Signature Event
By
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| May 1, 2017
Meryl Streep and More Have Whale of a Time at the PEN Gala
Also, Evergreen Advice from Honoree Stephen Sondheim: "Don't Fuck It Up"
By
Kyle Lucia Wu
| April 27, 2017
Hannah Tinti Learns to Shoot a Gun
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The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
By
Kyle Lucia Wu
| April 26, 2017
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