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Monday Quote: Esi Edugyan

December 2, 2019December 3, 2018

Today’s quote is from Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black, for which she won her second Giller Prize this year.

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Wednesday on the Web – 22 Nov Edition

December 2, 2019November 22, 2017

Lately I’ve been writing a full blog post every Wednesday, but this week I came across so many interesting topics that I’ve decided to go … Read more

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