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Lebanese American author Ghassan Zeineddine is an assistant professor of creative writing at Oberlin college. His new fiction anthology, \\u201cDearborn", captures the realties of life in a place he called home for several years. Characters like Youssef, the census-taker and aspiring actor, and Speedoman, the object of every swimmer\'s eye at the community pool, reflect Zeineddine\'s observations about place, identity, and the diversity of the Arab and Arab-American experience.\\xa0

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• Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine, assistant professor of creative writing, Oberlin College; author of "Dearborn"
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