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Suleika Jaouad

FromDesign Matters with Debbie Millman

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Mar 4, 2024

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New York Times bestselling author and journalist Suleika Jaouad began writing her Emmy Award-winning column, “Life, Interrupted,” from her hospital room, chronicling her experiences as a young adult with cancer. She joins to discuss her remarkable life, career, and bestselling memoir, Between Two Kingdoms.

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Mar 4, 2024

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