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S1E12 | Thunder, They Told Her (with Jamaica Kincaid, James Salter, Dick Cavett, Sadie Stein, Frederick Seidel, Robert Bly, and Caitlin Youngquist)

The Paris Review

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St. Louis - A Place to Live and Play

My mother thought she was the daughter of Helen Trowbell, the vast Wagnerian soprano born in St. Louis. My father had a seasoned box at the outdoor Murni opera. I could climb down an embankment and play on the train tracks. The 19-4 World's Fair was in the magical forest park, 9th Air.

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