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A university reading programme turns towards fiction

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MIT’s shared-reading programme is broadening its approach with fiction and memoir, starting with a collection by Ted Chiang.

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The university’s 18 September announcement names Exhalation as its autumn selection. The book was published in 2019; the new development is its selection for the programme. No passage, cover artwork or plot summary from the collection is reproduced here.

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