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Dec 2018
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Ottessa Moshfegh

Wnyc Studios
About this episode

Imagine watching an animal you love kill herself.

Ottessa Moshfegh is a novelist based in Los Angeles. Her latest book is My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

Join the "10 Things That Scare Me" conversation, and tell us your fears at 10thingspodcast.org 

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