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Loitering: New And Collected Essays

by Charles D'Ambrosio

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Loitering: New And Collected Essays by Charles D'Ambrosio appears in NPR’s 2014 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around biography & memoir, seriously great writing, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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