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Bookworm
Bookworm

Susan Sontag

Hosted by Michael Silverblatt Oct. 19, 1992 Books
The Volcano Lover 
 The famed literary intellectual tells about how she came to write a romance.

volcano_lover.jpgThe Volcano Lover
The famed literary intellectual tells about how she came to write a romance.

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Susan Sontag

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