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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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Where Is “Old Zealand”?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Also Known As	David Raymond Sedaris
Born	December 26, 1956 (age 68) • New York
Notable Works	“A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003–2020” • “Barrel Fever” • “Calypso” • “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim” • “Happy-Go-Lucky” • “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc.” • “Me Talk Pretty One Day” • “Naked” • “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary” • “The SantaLand Diaries” • “When You Are Engulfed in Flames”

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Terry McMillan

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John Updike

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Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver

American author and activist

David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace

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Mary McCarthy

American novelist and critic

Scott Turow

Scott Turow

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Tobias Wolff

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Shirley Hazzard

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James T. Farrell.

James T. Farrell

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Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

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Bruce Jay Friedman

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Alison Lurie

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Harold Brodkey

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S.S. Van Dine

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Sterling, Bruce

Bruce Sterling

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Khushwant Singh

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Martin Amis

Martin Amis

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