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Mar 2021
39m 36s

Kim Hastreiter on Finding Clarity Amongs...

THE SLOWDOWN
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Kim Hastreiter, co-founder of Paper magazine and creator of the pop-up “public service” newspaper The New Now, speaks with us about her friends’ pandemic-induced workarounds, the importance of documenting history, and why New York City may be on the verge of a creative explosion. 
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