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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!
The Opposite of Hollywood
100% of proceeds of copies purchased from Whoa Nelly Press go directly into writing programs for youth and adults wi Read more of this blog post »
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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. :)