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May, 2020 23 contemporary writers you should have read by now dawn raffel updated. The nook book ebook of the james welch critical companions to popular contemporary writers series. A bold, innovative experiment with both language and structure, the work has exerted a lasting influence on the contemporary novel. These are some of the best modern novels, and many of these realistic books straddle the line of literary fiction and popular fiction, making them compelling, highly readable and discussable books.
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