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There are two famous author birthdays today! Happy birthday to Laura Ingalls Wilder, who wrote the classic Little House on the Prairie series, and Charles Dickens, who wrote classics such as A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities. https://t.co/fn56WLfFXN

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Congratulations to Francesca Royster, whose new book "Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance" is finally available! Get it in print or listen to the audiobook! https://t.co/Knbr2HelNn

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This Wednesday, come listen as author and editor S.L. Wisenberg reads from her collection "The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home." https://t.co/ayPKBchdy8

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Happy birthday to Rupi Kaur, a Canadian poet, writer, and illustrator. Her poetry and prose novel, milk and honey, has sold more than a million copies. Learn more about her and her work at http://rupikaur.com https://t.co/OrEXvU2TAX

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Happy Birthday to Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (a.k.a F. Scott Fitzgerald), an American novelist best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, such as The Great Gatsby. Learn more about Fitzgerald with the link below! https://t.co/QEv1FHycQH https://t.co/1xK3J6REct

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Happy Birthday to novelist, poet, and social activist Alice Walker born on this day in 1944. Alice Walker was the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Color Purple. Click the link to read more about her amazing work http://ow.ly/NCLM50HQZlX https://t.co/im9zC39Xj4