The history of homemade books (with Deidre Lynch)

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The history of homemade books (with Deidre Lynch)

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Mar 5, 2022

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We may think of reading and writing as opposite activities, but there’s a long historyClick here for more about the episode...The history of homemade books (with Deidre Lynch)

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Mar 5, 2022

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