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Literary Throwdowns: 7 Fistfights that Left Writers Black & Blue
Literary Throwdowns: 7 Fistfights that Left Writers Black & Blue
By Freddie Moore
February 13, 2014

Thirty-eight years ago today, Mario Vargas Llosa punched Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the face. It wasn’t the first lit brawl and it certainly wasn’t the last.

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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Richard Ford at Book Court
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Richard Ford at Book Court
By Kate Gavino
April 05, 2013

A weekly series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A. This week, Richard Ford talks about his new book, Canada, and why, as a Southern writer, he doesn't set his books in his old territory.

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