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Vampires In The Lemon Grove: Stories

by Karen Russell

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

Vampires In The Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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