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Apr 2022

53m 18s

Immersive Remix: "The Paper Menagerie" b...

Levar Burton And Stitcher

About this episode

A new immersive remix of a season one classic. An immigrant mother tries to bond with her American-born son by creating a magical paper menagerie. This story appears in Ken Liu's collection THE PAPER MENAGERIE AND OTHER STORIES, available now from Saga Press.

Content advisory: Hospitals, death of a parent

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