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For all of his intellectualism and potentially intimidating reputation as one of the most acclaimed writers of the late 20th century, Salman Rushdie's sentences are powered in part by "a comic propulsion," author Gary Shteyngart pointed out Sunday at the Tucson Festival of Books.
The audio blinked out when the NCAA Selection Show was beamed into Arizona's watch party Sunday at St. Phillips Plaza, but there was no real news for the Wildcats to hear anyway.
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