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“There is a insularity within American fiction even for adults. It's very tough for books in translation in the US.”

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Laila Lalami is a Moroccan-American novelist born in 1968. Her works often focus on themes of immigration, identity, and cultural conflict, and have been well-received by readers. more

“Trump has his own audience, which is in many cases as big as or bigger than the media covering him. He doesn't need the media. He enjoys them being around. He likes toying with them. He likes being provocative around them. To him, the media is a plaything. To the Republican and Democrat establishments, the media holds coequal position in the entire power structure of the ruling class.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“The media can't take Trump out, and that scares the heck out of everybody, particularly in the Republican side.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“The ones that were relevant while I wrote my book were books like "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, which is based on a historical fact, "Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow, and "True History of the Kelly Gang" by Peter Carey.”

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Author:Laila Lalami

“Not only can the media not take Trump out, the media can't even hurt him. And when they try, he gets even more powerful, or more popular.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“There are writers I return to no matter what I'm working on, writers like the South African J.M. Coetzee. He has an ability to make you feel that he is writing for you alone.”

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Author:Laila Lalami

“I love James Baldwin essays, but also his novels. I recently read "Another Country." I couldn't believe how ahead of his time he was.”

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Author:Laila Lalami

“Donald Trump is breaking every rule and getting away with it. He's breaking every rule and getting more popular.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“The media is the great middleman. Trump doesn't need a middleman to get his message out. Trump's crowds are five blocks long.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

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