Merve Emre is Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University and a contributing writer at The New Yorker. Her latest book is The Personality Brokers.
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Merve Emre is Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University and a contributing writer at The New Yorker. Her latest book is The Personality Brokers.
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