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Author Diana Abu-Jaber returns to MPR News this week. 

Friday’s Big Books and Bold Ideas will feature a conversation between host Kerri Miller and Abu-Jaber about her latest novel, “Fencing with the King,” a book set in Jordan that explores family dynamics and inheritance. 

It’s not the first time Abu-Jaber and Miller have talked. For this week’s blast from the past, enjoy their 2011 discussion about “

,” which NPR named one of the top books of that year and won a 2012 Arab-American National Book Award. 

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This Friday on Big Books and Bold Ideas, author Diana Abu-Jaber returns to talk about her latest novel, “Fencing with the King,” which was just released in paperback. To get you in the mood, enjoy one of host Kerri Miller’s last conversations with Abu-Jaber — this one from 2011, about her book, "Birds of Paradise."

From the archives: Diana Abu-Jaber on 'Birds of Paradise'

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From the archives: Diana Abu-Jaber on 'Birds of Paradise'

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