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On Wednesday night, students, professors, and Boston locals flooded into Gasson to hear Yiyun Li, author of 12 books and a multitude of short stories, memoirs, and essays, speak as part of the Lowell ...

Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders discussed his latest novel “Vigil” with moderator and journalist Peter Sagal before a sold-out audience Monday for the Chicago Humanities Festival at the ...

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Amelia liked the way the crisp sheets fit the bed.” As first sentences go, it wasn’t bad. It struck a note of quiet domesticity – an unlikely tone for a story about a third world war set in 2050. The ...