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T. C. Boyle is the author of numerous works of fiction, including Blue Skies (Liveright, 2023), The Tortilla Curtain, Drop City, The Terranauts, Talk to Me, and I Walk Between the Raindrops. Known for his exploration of the joys, sorrows, and misguided appetites of baby boomers, Boyle has been compared to Mark Twain for his mixture of humor and social insight. He has received many literary honors, including a National Book Award nomination for Drop City. He teaches in the English department at the University of Southern California.

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Are We Not Men?

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Narrative Storyteller Award winner T. Coraghessan Boyle brought the crowparrots and micropigs of the near future to Narrative Night 2017 in a lively reading of “Are We Not Men?” With his unmistakable drama, intelligence, and humor, Boyle gives us a world awash in gene-editing technology. We know you’ll love the story as much as we did.

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