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The Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, 1980-2019 The Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, 1980-2019 Alice Adams Judith Ortiz Cofer Jorie Graham Kim Addonizio Billy Collins John Graves Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 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 Joan Didion Michael S. Harper Paul Auster Annie Dillard Robert Hass Toni Cade Bambara Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni John Hawkes Russell Banks E. L. 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