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Apr 2022
35m 14s

Stories of Your Life and Others

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“A great short story can end in that way where you almost feel a turn inside of you. Like you feel a turn in your gut.” John Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas discuss letting oneself fall into short stories and the moments in them when things just click.This episode was originally released to subscribers in August 2019. The Life’s Library Discord and subscripti ... Show More
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