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Protagonists in his stories often travel through walls or between two worlds and encounter mysterious, exotic characters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

Protagonists include the members of the Black press whose coverage helped make Till’s murder an inflection point in American history.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2022

The narrative arc of these videos is timeless, the stuff of cave paintings, really: Protagonists go out seeking fish, they catch fish, they eat fish.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022

Protagonists who have enough about them to be real, but never stray too far from the familiar.

From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2020

Protagonists are often motivated by their goals as much as by love.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019