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Jun 2023
9m 12s

Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Alison Stew...

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In this bonus conversation, host and best-selling author, Meg Wolitzer, talks to host of WNYC’s All of It, Alison Stewart. Wolitzer reveals some of the secrets to great writing and the two share their own reading habits and thoughts about the importance of fiction.

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