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Sep 2020
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David Gilbert Reads Samantha Hunt

WNYC STUDIOS AND THE NEW YORKER
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David Gilbert joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Three Days,” by Samantha Hunt, which appeared in a 2006 issue of the magazine. Gilbert is the author of two novels, “& Sons” and “The Normals.”

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