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Dan & Eric Read The New Yorker So You Don't Have To

Dan & Eric Read The New Yorker So You Don't Have To

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Guest Episode: Akhil Sharma

Guest Episode: Akhil Sharma

2019-02-25
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Eric talks to award-winning novelist and short story writer Akhil Sharma about writing for the New Yorker since 1997, the works of Anton Chekhov, working on his Folio-prize winning novel, Family Life, for more than a decade, and much much more!  

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