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The Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, 1980-2020 The Inprint Margarett Nicholas Christopher Julia Glass Sandra Cisneros Louise Glück Root Brown Reading Amy Clampitt Albert Goldbarth Series, 1980-2020 Lucille Clifton Francisco Goldman Ta-Nehisi Coates Rigoberto González Alice Adams J. M. Coetzee Mary Gordon Kim Addonizio Judith Ortiz Cofer Jorie Graham Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Billy Collins John Graves Ai Jane Cooper Francine duPlessix Gray Rabih Alameddine Robert Creeley Lucy Grealy Daniel Alarcón Michael Cunningham Lauren Groff Edward Albee Ellen Currie Allen Grossman Elizabeth Alexander Edwidge Danticat Thom Gunn Sherman Alexie Lydia Davis Marilyn Hacker Julia Alvarez Amber Dermont Kimiko Hahn Yehuda Amichai Toi Derricotte Daniel Halpern Roger Angell Anita Desai Mohsin Hamid Max Apple Kiran Desai Patricia Hampl Rae Armantrout Junot Díaz Ron Hansen Margaret Atwood Natalie Diaz Michael S. 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