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Nicholson Baker, American novelist and essayist

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Nicholson Baker

Contemporary American novelist and writer (born 1957)

Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters'…
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January 7

Day of the year

January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 358 days remain until the end of the year.
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