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Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli is the author of the novel Faces in the Crowd and the book of essays Sidewalks. She is currently working on the novel The Story of My Teeth.

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Smashing Snow Globes: A Writer On Essays, Novels And Translation

6:54pm December 27, 2014

by NPR Staff

Valeria Luiselli, who was born in Mexico City and lives now in Harlem, released two slim, multinational books this year: the essay collection Sidewalks and her time-jumping novel Faces in the Crowd.

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The letters compiled in the book Letters of Note range from funny to sweet to tragic.

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Email Just Can't Compete With Heartfelt 'Letters Of Note'

10:02pm October 17, 2014

by NPR Staff

The art of letter writing is also an act of preserving history. The correspondences gathered in the book Letters Of Note tell stories of delight, hope and loss — and the nature of human connection.

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The Kaypro II: An Early Computer With A Writer's Heart

6:45pm September 16, 2014

by Andrei Codrescu

Commentator Andrei Codrescu remembers the first word processor he had — the Kaypro II in the 1980s. Its inventor, Andrew Kay, died Aug. 28, at the age of 95.

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