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Mar 2019
35m 7s

Sally Rooney Reads “Color and Light”

WNYC STUDIOS AND THE NEW YORKER
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Sally Rooney reads her story “Color and Light,” from the March 18, 2019, issue of the magazine. Rooney is the author of two novels, “Conversations with Friends” and “Normal People,” which was published last year and won the Costa Book Award. 
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