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Alexis Wright

Alexis Wright is a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Her books include Plains of Promise (1997), Grog War (2009), The Swan Book (2013). Her second no

Krishna Sobti

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Carlos ‘Calica’ Ferrer

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R.H. Tawney

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Qurratulain Hyder

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Lekha Chakraborty

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Pradeep Kant Choudhary

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