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    Michel Houellebecq

    Michel Houellebecq · Sep 2005

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    Michelle Latiolais

    Michelle Latiolais: She · 3 episodes

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    Millard Kaufman

    Millard Kaufman · Nov 2007

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    Miroslav Holub

    Miroslav Holub · Feb 1998

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    Mitch Siskind
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    Mitch Sisskind

    Mitch Sisskind: “Collected Poems 2005-2020” · 5 episodes

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    Mohsin Hamid

    Mohsin Hamid: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia · Apr 2013

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    Mokhtar Alkhanshali

    Mokhtar Alkhanshali and Dave Eggers: The Monk of Mokha · Mar 2018

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    Mona Simpson

    Mona Simpson: Casebook · 5 episodes

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    Monique Truong

    Monique Truong: Bitter in the Mouth · 2 episodes

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    Myla Goldberg

    Myla Goldberg · Jan 2001

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    Nadja Spiegelman

    Nadja Spiegelman: I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This · Oct 2016

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    Nafissa Thompson-Spires

    Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Heads of the Colored People · May 2019

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    Naomi Wise

    Hollywood Biography; Naomi Wise & David King Dunaway · Jan 1990

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    Natalia Molina

    Natalia Molina: ‘A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community’ · May 2022

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    Neal Gabler

    Neal Gabler · Mar 1989

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    Ned Rorem

    Ned Rorem · Dec 1994

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    Nick Laird

    Nick Laird · Oct 2009

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    Nicola Lubitsch
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    Norman Rush

    Norman Rush · Jan 1992

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    Nuruddin Farah

    Nuruddin Farah · Mar 1999

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    Oakley Hall
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    Octavia Butler

    Octavia Butler · Apr 2004

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    Orhan Pamuk

    Orhan Pamuk, Part II · 4 episodes

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    Oscar Hijuelos

    Oscar Hijuelos: A Simple Habana Melody · 3 episodes

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    Pamela Houston

    Pamela Houston · Feb 2000

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    Patrick McGrath

    Patrick McGrath · Apr 1992

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    Patrick Ness

    Patrick Ness: A Monster Calls · Dec 2016

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    Paul Kafka

    Paul Kafka and David Matlin · Feb 1994

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    Paul La Farge

    Paul La Farge: Luminous Airplanes · Dec 2011

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    Paul Manette
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    Paul West

    Paul West · Apr 1995

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    Paula Gun Allen

    Paula Gun Allen and Charles Johnson · Jul 1990

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    Per Petterson

    Per Petterson, Ethan Nosowsky and Geir Berdahl on Publishing · 2 episodes

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    Pete Dexter

    Pete Dexter · Dec 2003

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    Peter Behrens

    Peter Behrens: The O'Briens · May 2012

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    Peter Cole

    Peter Cole: Hymns & Qualms · 2 episodes

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    Peter Gizzi

    Peter Gizzi: Threshold Songs · Dec 2011

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    Peter Levitt

    Peter Levitt · Nov 1993

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    Peter Maresca

    Peter Maresca and Art Spiegelman · Dec 2005

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