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“...the freeway looks like a ruby bracelet stretched alongside a diamond one, looks like a rive of lava flowing counter to a river of champagne bubbles. [Hadley Baxter]”

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Book:Great Circle
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Great Circle

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Maggie Shipstead
Maggie Shipstead

Maggie Shipstead is an American author born in 1983. Her works are known for their delicate emotional descriptions and profound thematic explorations. Her debut novel, 'The Kapua‘a', was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2011 and won the O. Henry Prize. Shipstead's writing often focuses on family, identity, and deep questions about human existence. more

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