David Margolick

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2. Cameron McWhirter

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3. David Levering Lewis

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4. Jesmyn Ward

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6. Jim Thompson

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7. Tim Riley

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8. Ha Jin

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9. Julie Otsuka

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10. Ayad Akhtar

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11. Diane Ackerman

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12. Robert K. Massie

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13. Marilynne Robinson

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14. Jack Cavanaugh

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15. Megan Stack

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16. Art Spiegelman

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17. David J. Linden

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18. Paul Oliver

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19. Sigrid Nunez

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20. Billie Holiday

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