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Get "Tales of Two Cities" here at OR Books: orbooks.com/catalog/tales-two-cities

Edited by JOHN FREEMAN

Illustrated by MOLLY CRABAPPLE

Published in association with HOUSING WORKS

With contributions from: DAVID BYRNE, GARNETTE CADOGAN, BILL CHENG, TEJU COLE, LYDIA DAVIS, JONATHAN DEE, JUNOT DÍAZ, MARK DOTY, DAVE EGGERS, JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, TIM FREEMAN, D.W. GIBSON, CHAASADAHYAH JACKSON, SARAH JAFFE, LAWRENCE JOSEPH, VICTOR LaVALLE, VALERIA LUISELLI, COLUM McCANN, DINAW MENGESTU, TÉA OBREHT, PATRICK RYAN, MICHAEL SALU, ROSIE SCHAAP, TAIYE SELASI, AKHIL SHARMA, ZADIE SMITH, JEANNE THORNTON, HANNAH TINTI, MARIA VENEGAS, and EDMUND WHITE

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