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2015 selection · Poetry
A Manual For Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
A Manual For Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin appears in NPR’s 2015 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, seriously great writing, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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