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  • Damon Young
    Damon Young is the cofounder and editor in chief of VerySmartBrothas, a senior editor at The Root, and a columnist for GQ. His work has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington ...

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    What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker
  • Erin Young
    Erin Young's debut thriller, The Fields, was inspired by an article about the menacing power of Big Agriculture. A decision to set the novel in Iowa, corn-capital of the world, led her to make a ...

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    The Fields
  • Heather Young
    Heather Young
    Heather Young earned her law degree from the University of Virginia and practiced law in San Francisco before beginning her writing career. She received an MFA from the Bennington College Writing ...

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    The Distant Dead

  • Hester Young
    Hester Young holds a master's degree in English with a creative writing concentration from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and her short stories have appeared in magazines such as Hawai'i Review. ...

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    The Gates of Evangeline
  • Kevin Young
    Kevin Young is the author of a previous book of nonfiction, The Grey Album, and eleven books of poetry, including Blue Laws, which was long-listed for the National Book Award. He is the director of ...

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    Bunk
  • Matt Young
    Matt Young
    Matt Young is a writer, teacher, and veteran. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from Miami University and is the recipient of fellowships from Words After War and The Carey Institute for Global Good....

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    Eat the Apple

  • RJ Young
    RJ Young
    RJ Young earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Tulsa, a master's degree at the University of Oklahoma and is a Ph.D student at Oklahoma State. His writing has appeared in Reuters, the ...

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    Let It Bang

  • Thomas W. Young
    Thomas W. Young has logged nearly 4,000 hours as a flight engineer for the Air National Guard in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, and elsewhere. He has been awarded numerous military honors and ...

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    The Mullah's Storm
    Silent Enemy

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