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Elaine Castillo

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America Is Not the Heart

Elaine Castillo was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. America Is Not the Heart is her first novel.

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Anna Badkhen
Anna Badkhen has spent much of her life in the Global South. Her immersive investigations of the world's iniquities have yielded six books of nonfiction, most recently The ...more
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David Chariandy
David Chariandy grew up in Toronto and lives and teaches in Vancouver. His debut novel, Soucouyant, was nominated for nearly every major literary prize in Canada. It was ...more
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Jennifer duBois
Jennifer duBois is the author of A Partial History of Lost Causes, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction. The National Book Foundation named her one of its...more
1. - If you enjoyed The Spectators,
    try How to Be Safe by Tom McAllister
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman has "performed" on PBS, QVC, and at concert halls worldwide. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Lenny Letter, Brevity, and ...more
1. - If you enjoyed Sounds Like Titanic,
    try Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

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