Joanna Rakoff

author, 'My Salinger Year'

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Author of My Salinger Year

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When she was 23,  Joanna Rakoff  left grad school in London and moved to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming a poet.

'My Salinger Year'

When she was 23,  Joanna Rakoff  left grad school in London and moved to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming a poet.

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