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

  1. —
    Allen Kurzweil

    Allen Kurzweil · Jan 2002

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    Allison Green

    Allison Green: The Ghosts Who Travel with Me · Aug 2015

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    Alvaro Uribe

    Alvaro Uribe and Cristina Rivera-Garza · Oct 2009

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    Amanda Sthers

    Amanda Sthers: Holy Lands · Feb 2019

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    Amos Oz

    Amos Oz · 2 episodes

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    Amy Bloom

    Amy Bloom · Jun 1997

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    Amy Gerstler

    Amy Gerstler: “Index of Women” · 3 episodes

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    Amy Wilentz

    Amy Wilentz: Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti · Jan 2013

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    Ana Castillo

    Ana Castillo · 3 episodes

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    Ander Monson
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    Andrea Barrett

    Andrea Barrett · Dec 1998

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    Andrew Holleran

    Andrew Holleran · Oct 2006

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    André Aciman

    André Aciman: Find Me · 2 episodes

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    André Naffis-Sahely

    Edited by André Naffis-Sahely The Heart of a Stranger: An Anthology of Exile Literature · May 2020

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    Ange Mlinko

    Ange Mlinko: Shoulder Season; Marvelous Things Overheard · Jan 2013

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    Ann Beattie

    Ann Beattie: A Wonderful Stroke of Luck · 11 episodes

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    Ann Lauterbach

    Ann Lauterbach · Jul 2001

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    Anne Carson

    Anne Carson: Red Doc> · 4 episodes

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    Anne Fadiman

    Anne Fadiman: The Wine Lover's Daughter · Dec 2017

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    Anne Rice

    Anne Rice · Jan 1991

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    Anne Waldman

    Anne Waldman · Jul 2009

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    Annie Proulx

    Annie Proulx · 3 episodes

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    Aracelis Girmay

    Aracelis Girmay: “How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton” · Sep 2020

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    Aram Saroyan

    Aram Saroyan · Aug 1994

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    Ariana Reines

    Ariana Reines: A Sand Book · 3 episodes

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    Ariel Dorfman

    Ariel Dorfman · Jul 2001

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    Arnon Grunberg

    Arnon Grunberg · 2 episodes

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    Art Spiegelman

    Art Spiegelman: MetaMaus · 12 episodes

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    Arthur Golden

    Arthur Golden · Mar 1998

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    Atsuro Riley

    Atsuro Riley: “Heard-Hoard” · Oct 2021

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    August Kleinzahler

    August Kleinzahler · Jan 2005

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    Austryn Wainhouse

    Austryn Wainhouse · Dec 1992

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    Azar Nafisi

    Azar Nafisi · Feb 2009

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    B. Catling

    B. Catling: The Vorhh Trilogy (Part 2) · 2 episodes

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    Barbara Epler

    Barbara Epler · Mar 2010

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    Barbara Gowdy

    Barbara Gowdy · Sep 2003

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    Barbara Guest

    Barbara Guest · Jul 1996

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    Barry Gifford

    Barry Gifford · Oct 1990

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    Barry Lopez

    Barry Lopez · 2 episodes

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    Barry Unsworth

    Barry Unsworth · Feb 1996

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