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Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World by Amitava Kumar
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I found this book because of the several essays included on writing and the writing process, but even the other essays, often about things that I have no background in, were always informative, entertaining, and interesting. The author is an Indian-born Hindu professor at Vassar married to a Muslim woman, and the title essay is about his confrontation with a Hindu fundamentalist, vehemently opposed to Muslims and religious intermixing. A mentally and emotionally stirring collection of smart essays.
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