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RABIH AL AMEDDINE’s most recent novel is The Angel of History. His next, The Wrong End of the Telescope, will be published by Grove in fall 2021.

MARGARE TATWOOD is a Canadian poet, novelist, and essayist. A new collection, Dearly, will be published by Ecco this fall.

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