TMR 10.8: “Real Life Is Sad” [DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT]
Another late night conversation about Ducks, Newburyport! This week, P.T. Smith joins to discuss illness, the verbal virtuosity in this novel, sadness, relationships between parents and kids, and much more. Lots of quotes are read throughout this episode, and in honor of Lucy Ellmann’s stated like of whisky, some of that takes place as well.
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