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Dinaw Mengestu

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Bio

Dinaw Mengestu is the award-winning author of two novels, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (2007) and How to Read the Air (2010). He is a graduate of Georgetown University and of Columbia University’s M.F.A. program in fiction and the recipient of a 5 Under 35 award from the National Book Foundation and a 20 Under 40 award from The New Yorker. His journalism and fiction have appeared in such publications as Harper’s Magazine, Granta, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal. He is a recipient of a 2012 MacArthur Foundation genius grant and currently lives in New York City.
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Dinaw Mengestu Books

Someone Like Us book cover

Someone Like Us

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Nocturnals book cover

Nocturnals

Bradford Morrow
A Cabinet of Curiosity book cover

A Cabinet of Curiosity

Bradford Morrow
Sanctuary book cover

Sanctuary

Bradford Morrow
All Our Names book cover

All Our Names

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How to Read the Air book cover

How to Read the Air

Dinaw Mengestu
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears book cover

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

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