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MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s Histories<\/em> has been nominated for the 2018 Edinburgh Book Festival’s First Book Awards. From the announcement: “Revealing and intimate interlinked collection of stories set in a hospital, written by a doctor … Sam Guglani’s vivid prose has the raw intensity of poetry that pulls the reader in on every page. Histories<\/em> is a luminous argument for truly seeing and listening to others and to ourselves.”<\/p>\n Read more about the book,<\/a> and vote for it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s Histories has been nominated for the 2018 Edinburgh Book Festival’s First Book Awards. From the announcement: “Revealing and intimate interlinked collection of stories set in a hospital, written by a doctor … Sam Guglani’s vivid prose has the raw intensity of poetry that pulls the reader in on every page. 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