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Every guest on Bookworm

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

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    Peter Matthiessen

    Peter Matthiessen · Sep 1999

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    Philip Graham

    Philip Graham · Feb 1996

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    Pura Lopez-Colome

    Pura Lopez-Colome and Forrest Gander: Watchword · May 2013

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    Quincy Troupe

    Quincy Troupe · Jul 1995

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    Rachel Cusk

    Rachel Cusk: “Second Place” · 2 episodes

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    Ralph Sassone

    Ralph Sassone: The Intimates · Mar 2011

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    Ray Blount Jr

    Ray Blount Jr. · Apr 1989

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    Rebecca Sacks

    Rebecca Sacks: “City of a Thousand Gates” · Jan 2021

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    Reif Larsen

    Reif Larsen · Sep 2009

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    Reynolds Price

    Reynolds Price · 2 episodes

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    Ricardo Cortez Cruz

    Ricardo Cortez Cruz · Mar 1993

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    Richard Bausch

    Richard Bausch: Living in the Weather of the World · 2 episodes

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    Richard Elman

    Richard Elman · Aug 1992

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    Richard Flanagan

    Richard Flanagan: The Narrow Road to the Deep North · 3 episodes

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    Richard Ford

    Richard Ford: Let Me Be Frank with You · 8 episodes

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    Richard Howard

    Richard Howard · Nov 2005

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    Richard Price

    Richard Price · 2 episodes

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    Richard Shelton

    Richard Shelton · Oct 1996

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    Richard Slotkin

    Richard Slotkin · Apr 2000

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    Rick Moody

    Rick Moody: Hotels of North America · 6 episodes

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    Robert Alter

    Robert Alter · Nov 2007

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    Robert Antoni

    Robert Antoni · Aug 1997

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    Robert Bly

    Robert Bly and Marion Woodman · 2 episodes

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    Robert Coover

    Robert Coover and Art Spiegelman: “Street Cop” · 3 episodes

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    Robert Creeley

    Robert Creeley · Mar 2002

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    Robert Gluck

    Robert Gluck and Amy Gerstler · Apr 1990

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    Robert Hass

    Robert Hass: What Light Can Do · 4 episodes

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    Robert Jones Jr

    Robert Jones, Jr.: “The Prophets” (Re-air) · 2 episodes

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    Robert Kirgo

    Robert Kirgo; Eastman Lyons · Feb 1989

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    Robert Michael Pyle

    Robert Michael Pyle · Sep 1996

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    Robert Olen Butler

    Robert Olen Butler · 3 episodes

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    Robert Pinsky

    Robert Pinsky · Dec 2005

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    Robert Plunkett

    Robert Plunkett · Nov 1992

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    Robert Shapazian
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    Robert Stone

    Robert Stone · 5 episodes

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    Roberta Allen

    Roberta Allen: The Princess of Herself · Mar 2018

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    Roberto Calasso

    Roberto Calasso · Apr 2005

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    Robin Romm

    Robin Romm · Mar 2009

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    Roddy Doyle

    Roddy Doyle · Jan 2000

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    Ron Hansen

    Ron Hansen · 2 episodes

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