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The Sellout: A Novel | Paul Beatty
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Article in NYTimes today about American domination the past two years in Britain‘s literary award. A group of authors and critics are fighting to reverse decision made in 2014 to allow any novel written in English eligible for the Man Booker Prize. Thoughts?

readherwriteher I don‘t know how I feel about this. On one hand, I can see why the authors would be upset. But on the other hand, I‘m not a fan of exclusion for any reason. 7y
ManyWordsLater I feel a similar way about #thegreatamericaread. But stories are (and should be) about universals truths. So... 6y
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