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"One Word, Six Letters" book cover by Adib Khorram.
"One Word, Six Letters" book cover by Adib Khorram.
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Adib Khorram’s ‘One Word, Six Letters’ asks who bears the weight of a single moment
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Mar 24, 2026 0

Adib Khorram's new YA novel "One Word, Six Letters" turns a real-life slur into a story about who bears the…

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