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Feb 2024
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What's life REALLY like for a contempora...

Oliver Gee
About this episode

Author Samuel Lopez-Barrantes is on the show talking about being a writer in Paris. Perhaps it's not as romantic and lovely as it might sound. Or perhaps it is! 

Sam has just published his new book, The Requisitions, which you can find here.

Follow Sam on Substack here for his page "If Not, Paris" which offers "fiction, essays & music from Paris".

Music in this episode is from Pres Maxson.

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