Wikipedia's first sentence called it “south african -born american writer best known for his book of short fiction”. Today it says “south african-born writer and a senior editor at pirate wires”.
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Ashley Rindsberg is a South African -born American writer best known for his book of short fiction, Tel Aviv Stories (2011), as well as for journalism and commentary for publications such as The Huffington Post , The Daily Beast , and Ynet . Rindsberg also led the Internet Bookmobile program for the Internet Archive , traveling to Egypt in 2003 to create a mobile digital printing unit for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina that could supply books for programs aimed at improving literacy among Egyptian children.1
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South African-born American writer (born 1981) Ashley Rindsberg is an American novelist, media commentator, essayist and journalist based in Israel .Rindsberg's most recent book, The Gray Lady Winked , is an investigation of The New York Times .Rindsberg's first book is a collection of short fiction called Tel Aviv Stories .
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American writer Ashley Rindsberg is an American writer and a senior editor at Pirate Wires , an American online media company.
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south african -born american writer best known for his book of short fiction
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south african-born writer and a senior editor at pirate wires
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