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Edward P. Jones on ‘The Known World,’ Still Acclaimed 20 Years After Publication
“May I ask what this is about?” Edward P. Jones and I were in an elevator, not far from the White House in Washington, D.C., on our way up to The New York Times bureau. Jones’s most recent book was published in 2006. Why did I want to interview him now? …