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Every guest on Bookworm

905 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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    Greil Marcus

    Greil Marcus · 2 episodes

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    Guy Maddin

    Guy Maddin · Jun 2004

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    Ha Jin

    Ha Jin · Jan 2001

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    Hans Magnus Enzenberger

    Hans Magnus Enzenberger · May 1996

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    Harold Bloom

    Harold Bloom: The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible · 3 episodes

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    Harold Brodkey

    Harold Brodkey Part 2 · 2 episodes

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    Harper Lee

    Harper Lee: Go Set a Watchman · Jul 2015

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    Harriet Doerr

    Harriet Doerr · Nov 1993

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    Harry Dodge

    Harry Dodge: My Meteorite: Or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing · Apr 2020

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    Harry Mathews

    Harry Mathews · Apr 1999

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    Heidi Julavitz

    Heidi Julavitz: The Mineral Palace · Dec 2000

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    Helen Schulman
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    Helen Vendler

    Helen Vendler · 2 episodes

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    Helena Maria Viramontes

    Helena Maria Viramontes · 2 episodes

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    Henri Cole

    Henri Cole: Blizzard · Sep 2020

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    Henry Bromell

    Henry Bromell · Nov 2001

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    Horacio Castellanos Moya

    Horacio Castellanos Moya: Senselessness · 2 episodes

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    Howard Norman

    Howard Norman: What Is Left the Daughter · 5 episodes

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    Howard Rodman

    Howard Rodman: The Great Eastern · Aug 2019

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    Hubert Selby Jr

    Hubert Selby, Jr (Part II) · 2 episodes

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    Ian Falconer
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    Iona Opie
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    Irvine Welsh

    Irvine Welsh · Mar 1999

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    Irving Feldman

    Irving Feldman · Jul 2006

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    Ismet Prcic

    Ismet Prcic: Shards · Jan 2012

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    J Herman
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    J.R. Salamanca

    J.R. Salamanca · Aug 2000

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    Jack Fuller

    Jack Fuller · Jun 2001

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    Jack Gilbert

    Jack Gilbert · Jan 1996

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    Jack Skelley

    Jack Skelley: “Dennis Wilson and Charlie Manson” · Jul 2021

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    Jacques Roubaud

    Jacques Roubaud · May 2009

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    Jaimy Gordon

    Jaimy Gordon: Lord of Misrule · Dec 2010

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    James Galvin

    James Galvin · 2 episodes

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    James Kelman

    James Kelman: Mo Said She Was Quirky · 3 episodes

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    James McCourt

    James McCourt: Lasting City · 5 episodes

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    James Merrill

    James Merrill; Stephen Yenser · May 1989

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    James Morrison
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    James Quandt

    James Quandt · Mar 2000

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    Jane DeLynn

    Jane DeLynn · 3 episodes

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    Jane Gillette

    Jane Gillette: The Trail of the Demon and Other Stories · Feb 2018

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