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a collection of writings
I picked up a book entitled "An Emerson Reader" because it contained one or two of his essays I hadn't read before
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Adam Schwartz, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025
Rahmani’s universe is never quiet; everything is spoken, often exhaustively and exhaustingly, in writing so electrically alive that the reader feels fully immersed in her world.
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The readers’ representative office is online at latimes.com/readersrep.
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Adam Schwartz, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025
Rahmani’s universe is never quiet; everything is spoken, often exhaustively and exhaustingly, in writing so electrically alive that the reader feels fully immersed in her world.
—Porochista Khakpour, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2025
The readers’ representative office is online at latimes.com/readersrep.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The Omni Grove Park Inn & Spa came in as our readers’ favorite resort, and The Inn on Biltmore Estate followed closely behind as their second favorite resort in the South.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
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