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Twice Alive

by Forrest Gander

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Twice Alive by Forrest Gander appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around seriously great writing, science!, short stories, essays & poetry, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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