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hen British poet James Fenton and American writer Darryl Pinckney found their 1890 house in New York’s Harlem, their challenge was not only to breathe new life into its dilapidated interiors but to work out how to best accommodate their books. ‘I’m told we’ve amassed more than 10,000, but I can’t say I’ve ever counted,’ says James. The couple moved out of their Washington Heights

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