Audio Book Club: The Good Lord Bird

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Audio Book Club: The Good Lord Bird

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Jan 10, 2014

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Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and David Haglund discuss James McBride’s National Book Award winning novel about slavery and John Brown.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jan 10, 2014

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