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    Mary Ruefle

    Mary Ruefle: Dunce · 5 episodes

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    Melanie Rae Thon

    Melanie Rae Thon · 2 episodes

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    Micheline Aharonian Marcom

    Micheline Aharonian Marcom · 3 episodes

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    Michelle Huneven

    Michelle Huneven: ‘Search’ · 3 episodes

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    Nathan Englander

    Nathan Englander: kaddish.com · 3 episodes

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    Nicole Krauss

    Nicole Krauss: 'To Be a Man' · 4 episodes

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    Peter Hedges

    Peter Hedges · Oct 1998

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    Rabih Alameddine

    Rabih Alameddine: “The Wrong End of the Telescope” · 2 episodes

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    Rachel Kushner

    Rachel Kushner: “The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020” · 4 episodes

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    Rae Armantrout

    Rae Armantrout: Just Saying · 2 episodes

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    Rikki Ducornet

    Rikki Ducornet: “Trafik” · 6 episodes

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    Robert Duncan

    Robert Duncan and Jess · Dec 2014

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    Robin Coste Lewis
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    Sigrid Nunez

    Sigrid Nunez · 2 episodes

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    Susan Minot

    Susan Minot · Sep 1999

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    Victoria Chang

    Victoria Chang: Love, Love (Part 2) · 2 episodes

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    Álvaro Enrigue

    Álvaro Enrigue: Sudden Death · Mar 2017

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    A. L. Kennedy

    A. L. Kennedy · Feb 1999

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    A. Scott Berg

    A. Scott Berg: Max Perkins · Jun 2016

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    Adam Fitzgerald

    Adam Fitzgerald: George Washington · Sep 2016

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    Adam Haslett

    Adam Haslett · 2 episodes

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    Adina Hoffman

    Adina Hoffman on 'Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures' · Dec 2019

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    Affinity Konar

    Affinity Konar: Mischling · Sep 2016

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    Aharon Appelfeld

    Aharon Appelfeld · May 1998

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    Alain Mabanckou

    Alain Mabanckou: Letter to Jimmy · Feb 2015

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    Alan Barnett
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    Alan Cheuse

    Alan Cheuse: Prayers for the Living · Jun 2015

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    Alan Felsenthal

    Alan Felsenthal and Peter Cole discuss Harold Bloom’s “Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles: The Power of the Reader’s Mind over a Universe of Death” · 2 episodes

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    Alan Hollinghurst

    Alan Hollinghurst · Jan 2005

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    Alan Kurzweil

    Alan Kurzweil · Jun 1992

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    Alan Warner

    Alan Warner · May 1997

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    Alex Halberstadt

    Alex Halberstadt: "Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning" · Jul 2020

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    Alexander Theroux

    Alexander Theroux · Sep 1992

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    Alfred Starr Hamilton

    Alfred Starr Hamilton: A Dark Dreambox of Another Kind · Jan 2014

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    Alice Adams

    Alice Adams · Oct 1989

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    Alice Fulton

    Alice Fulton: Cascade Experiment · Jun 2013

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    Alice Notley

    Alice Notley: Negativity's Kiss · Jul 2014

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    Alice Quinn

    Alice Quinn · Jul 2006

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    Alice Sebold

    Alice Sebold · 3 episodes

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    Allan Gurganus

    Allan Gurganus: Local Souls · 4 episodes

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