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[Aciman’s] family has fled so many wars and pogroms, has rebuilt their lives so many times, that between them they speak French, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, German, Italian and Ladino...an affecting coming-of-age story and a timely, distinctive description of the haunted lives of refugees.

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RT @Katie_J_Hill: This is an absolutely stunning edition of a must-read book 💚 Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring to be reissued after 60 years,…

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Mecca Jamilah Sullivan reading from Big Girl at the Lannan Symposium 2023. Artist Baseera Khan looks on. @GUMedHum @GeorgetownColl @TheLannanCenter https://t.co/rTMHniFcjC

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Good to see The Park by John Freeman here. Much looking forward to Rachel Eliza Griffith's new book of poems too. @FreemanReads @racheleliza_g https://t.co/sCxmKWbNo9

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THE WINDOW SEAT: Notes From a Life in Motion, by Aminatta Forna. The topics of this essay collection span decades and continents ...Forna’s “wide-ranging subjects chart a path toward a kind of freedom, to be at home, always elsewhere.” https://t.co/m8yDW7zDYI

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Guest presenting Saturday Review tomorrow. 7.30pm BBC Radio 4. We'll be discussing Thor, 'Gillespie and ,'I by Jane Harris and Shadow Line.

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An extremely astute reader has spotted the influence of My Family and Other Animals on The Devil that Danced on the Water and later works. Time to revisit Gerald Durrell's magical world. https://t.co/tDj6GFP1or

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I'm sure, too. ;) “I am sure the Queen would have read some of these books. For instance, she was given The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna..after it won the Commonwealth Book Prize in 2011.” @TheLannanCenter @GUMedHum @GeorgetownColl @groveatlantic https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-big-jubilee-read-70-books-fit-for-queen-and-country-drkgv9hmb

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Tonight I'll be talking to Eula Biss, essayist and author of Having and Being Had and On Immunity. I'm a huge fan of hers and thrilled to be talking to her about The Window Seat. If you're in any kind of time zone corresponding to US time - do join us. https://t.co/Q4eov5AckL

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Delighted to be bringing the fabulous @SofiOksanen to @TheLannanCenter online to talk about her latest novel Dog Park. On 9/21, 5pm ET. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/sofi-oksanen/register

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