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Oct 2022
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Jason Zinoman Talks About David Letterma...

The New York Times
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The Times’s comedy critic discusses his biography, “Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night,” and the Times Magazine writer Sam Anderson talks about Oklahoma City and his 2018 book, “Boom Town.” 
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