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    Excerpts

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    Criticism

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    Poets

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    Deep Dive

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    By Rafia Zakaria  November 30, 2016
    Personal Essay

    Finding Empathy in the Face of Hate

    By Gabrielle Bellot  November 30, 2016
    Conversations

    Interview With a Gatekeeper: OR Books’ Colin Robinson

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    By Steven Church  November 30, 2016
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    By Emily Temple  November 29, 2016
    Deep Dive

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    Bookselling in the 21st Century: Going Way Beyond the Call of Duty

    By Marion Abbott  November 29, 2016
    Excerpts

    A Tour of Paris, 1917, With Blaise Cendrars

    By Literary Hub  November 29, 2016
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