A Quote by Amor Towles

In 1989, I had a fellowship to teach for Yale in China for two years. I came back from California to New Haven to spend the summer learning Chinese, but because of Tiananmen Square, Yale cancelled the program.

Amor Towles

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Amor Towles
American - Novelist
Born: 1964

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