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780:"Buchanan novel to Sceptre after 'fierce' six-way auction"
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Farry, Eithne (21 July 2019). "A Tangled Web". Books.
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bidding war among publishers for the manuscript, and
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942:"Harmless Like You by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan"
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991:"New in Paperback: 'Sticky Fingers,' 'Lea'"
840:(Interview). Interviewed by Tin House Staff
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524:(1st US ed.). W. W. Norton & Co.
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1274:"15 Kundiman Fellows Featured At LitHub!"
758:"Rowan Hisayo Buchanan: About the Author"
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