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Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares
Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares by Aaarti Namdev Shahani appears in NPR’s 2019 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around book club ideas, nonfiction, identity & culture, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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