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The Flower Bearers

by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

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Fresh Air, NPR · January 24, 2026

Best Of: Writers Rachel Eliza Griffiths & Quiara Alegría Hudes

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Fresh Air, NPR · January 20, 2026

Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths On Love, Tragedy & ‘Survivor Mode’

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A memoir describing an extraordinarily difficult year in the author's life, including the death of her best friend on her wedding day and the near-fatal stabbing of her husband Salman Rushdie.

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