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Notes: Freedom & The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen; Gilbert Gottfried reads 50 Shades of Grey; All the King's Men by Robert Pen Warren; The Unberable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera; Eva Luna by Isabel Allende; Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith

Theme song from Schnupp & the pups (schnuppthepups.bandcamp.com/album/demo

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Follow Kelly @kerlyhan; kellyhannahcomedy.com