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Fight of the Century
Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
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- Viet Thanh NguyenJacqueline woodsonAnn PatchettBrit BennettSteven OkazakiDavid HandlerGeraldine BrooksYaa GyasiSergio De La PavaDave EggersTimothy EganLi YiyunMeg WolitzerHector TobarAleksandar HemonElizabeth StroutRabih AlameddineMoriel Rothman-ZecherJonathan LethemSalman RushdieLauren GroffJennifer EganScott TurowMorgan ParkerVictor LavalleMichael CunninghamNeil GaimanJesmyn WardMoses SumneyGeorge SaundersMarlon JamesWilliam FinneganAnthony DoerrC.J. AndersBrenda J. ChildsAndrew Sean GreerLouise ErdrichAdrian Nicole LeBlanc
2020
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The American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in this “forceful, beautifully written” (Associated Press) collection that brings together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case.On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal Eastman, founded the American Civil Li...
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