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.'' She was also recognized in Refiner29's list of "21 New Authors You Need to Know." MacLaughlin won the 2024 Massachussetts Center of the Book award for her nonfiction book ''Winter Solstice''.

Books

* ''Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter'', W. W. Norton & Company, 2015 * ''Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019 * ''Summer Solstice: An Essay'', Black Sparrow Press, 2020 * ''Winter Solstice: An Essay'', Black Sparrow Press, 2023

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