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Seasonal Works With Letters On Fire

by Brenda Hillman

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Seasonal Works With Letters On Fire by Brenda Hillman appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, eye-opening reads, seriously great writing, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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