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Experimental books can mean all sorts of different things to different readers, but that’s exactly why they’re so special: their difference. Imagine how boring books
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Photo credit: Leon Nguyen. Author Suzanne Strempek Shea has a rich publishing history that speaks for itself: she is the author of eleven (eleven!) books
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