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Leni Zumas is the author of the story collection Farewell Navigator and the novel The Listeners, which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. She is an associate professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Portland State University.
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- PublisherHachette Book Group
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1549116355
- ISBN 13 9781549116353
- BindingAudio CD
- Number of pages10
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