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Margo Perin
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If you'd like to give a book as a gift while contributing to writing programs for youth and adults whose voices are not normally heard, please consider buying The Opposite of Hollywood this holiday season from www.whoanellypress.com. Thank you!
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"Dinaw Mengestu left his native Ethiopia when he was just a toddler, but he still experienced America as an immigrant, and that challenge continues to shape his fiction. Raised in suburban Chicago, he began his career in Washington with a novel set ar"
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Thank you so much for your kind friend request Margo! I hope you are well and looking forward to sharing thoughts on books in the future. :)