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A B. Yehoshua
One of Israel's preeminent writers, Abraham B. Yehoshua was born in Jerusalem in 1936 and lived in Haifa. He was among the most widely recognized Israeli authors internationally, and best known as a ...

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A Woman in Jerusalem

A. B. Yehoshua
A. B. Yehoshua is the author of numerous novels, including Mr. Mani, Five Seasons, The Liberated Bride, and A Woman in Jerusalem. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and he has ...

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David Yezzi
David Yezzi's books of poems include The Hidden Model (2003); Azores (2008), a Slate magazine best book of the year; and Birds of the Air (2013). His work has been anthologized in The Best American ...

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Birds of the Air

Rafael Yglesias
Rafael Yglesias is an American novelist and screenwriter. He dropped out of high school upon publication of his first novel in 1972 at age 17. He is the author of nine novels, including Dr. ...

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A Happy Marriage

Esther Yi
Esther Yi was born in Los Angeles in 1989 and currently lives in Leipzig, Germany.

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Victoria Ying
Victoria Ying is an author and artist living in Los Angeles. She started her career in the arts by falling in love with comic books, which eventually turned into a career working in animation and ...

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Hungry Ghost

Julie Yip-Williams
Julie Yip-Williams died in March 2018 of colon cancer. She was born in Tam-Ky, Vietnam, just as the war was ending, grew up in Monterey Park, California, and graduated from Williams College and ...

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The Unwinding of the Miracle

Robin Yocum
Robin Yocum is the author of the critically acclaimed novels A Brilliant Death, Favorite Sons, and The Essay. Favorite Sons was named the 2011 USA Book News' Book of the Year for Mystery/Suspense. It ...

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