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Our Daily Breather: Vanessa Carlton On Liz Phair's Memoir

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, Our Daily Breather seeks guidance on the health of the psyche. Vanessa Carlton has been turning to the writings of Liz Phair.
Source: Alysse Gafkjen

Twenty seconds of hand washing. 60 to 90 percent alcohol. Five to 12 (14? 21?) days of incubation until the dry cough comes. People worldwide have absorbed these guidelines as the coronavirus pandemic has closed its fist around the world. At least hygiene directives are quantifiable. There

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