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

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    Kim Deitch

    Kim Deitch · Feb 2003

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    Kirkpatrick Sale

    Kirkpatrick Sale and Robert Shapazian · Feb 1992

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    Krys Lee

    Krys Lee: How I Became a North Korean · 2 episodes

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    Kurt Vonnegut

    Kurt Vonnegut · 2 episodes

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    Larry Brown
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    Larry Rivers

    Larry Rivers · Mar 1993

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    Laszlo Krasznahorkai

    László Krasznahorkai: Seiobo There Below · 2 episodes

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    Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Time of Useful Consciousness · Aug 2012

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    Lawrence Norfolk

    Lawrence Norfolk: John Saturnall's Feast · Oct 2012

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    Leland de la Durantaye

    Leland de la Durantaye: Hannah Versus the Tree · Nov 2018

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    Leonard Michaels

    Leonard Michaels · Feb 1993

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    Leslie Marmon Silko

    Leslie Marmon Silko: The Turquoise Ledge · 2 episodes

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    Lewis Hyde

    Lewis Hyde · Mar 2008

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    Li-Young Lee

    Li-Young Lee · Sep 2001

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    Linda Gregerson
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    Linda Nieman

    Linda Nieman · Jun 1990

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    Linda Rosenkrantz

    Linda Rosenkrantz: Talk · Jul 2015

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    Linda Spalding

    Linda Spalding: A Reckoning · 2 episodes

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    Lois Ann Yamanaka

    Lois-Ann Yamanaka · 2 episodes

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    Louis B. Jones

    Louis B. Jones: Radiance · Jun 2011

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    Louis Jones

    Louis Jones · May 1994

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    Louis de Bernières

    Louis de Bernières · 2 episodes

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    Louisa Hall

    Louisa Hall: Speak · Aug 2015

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    Lucie Brock-Broido

    Lucie Brock-Broido · May 2004

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    Lucille Clifton

    Lucille Clifton · Oct 1996

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    Lynn Sharon Schwartz

    Lynn Sharon Schwartz · Jun 1989

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    Lynn Tillman

    Lynn Tillman · Jun 1991

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    M. Mark

    M. Mark · Apr 1992

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    Maile Meloy

    Maile Meloy: Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It · Sep 2010

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    Manil Suri

    Manil Suri · Apr 2001

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    Manuel Munoz

    Manuel Munoz: What You See in the Dark · Apr 2011

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    Manuel Puig

    Manuel Puig · Dec 1989

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    Marc Estrin

    Marc Estrin · Apr 2002

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    Marc Norman
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    Marianne Wiggins

    Marianne Wiggins · 2 episodes

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    Marina Warner

    Marina Warner · Apr 1999

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    Mario Vargas Llosa

    Mario Vargas Llosa · 3 episodes

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    Marion Woodman
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    Marisa Silver

    Marisa Silver: Little Nothing · 2 episodes

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    Marisha Pessl

    Marisha Pessl · Oct 2006

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