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Jan 2023
1h 3m

Ep 365: Pitch perfect endings and laugh-...

Anne Bogel
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Today's guest has a superpower we've never heard before: she can smell a book and know whether it was published in the U.S. or the U.K.! London-based Claire Handscombe (she/her) spent a decade in Washington DC as a bookseller, a chapter she remembers fondly. These days, she's as much a book-lover as ever, but she's struggling with a common challenge: overcom ... Show More
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