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Jun 30
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Species Of Grief: The Catastrophe Hour B...

Meghan Daum
About this episode

The next meeting of The Catastrophe Hour Book Club is scheduled for WednesdayJuly 2, at 3:00 p.m. ET. We will discuss the fourth essay of the collection, Species Of Grief.

The book club meets for 14 consecutive Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m. ET, beginning June 11. The book club is for yearly paid subscribers only, so if you want to join, please upgrade your subscription.

Species Of Grief was written in May of 2019 and appeared as one of my columns in Medium’s GEN Magazine.

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