#63: Introducing Material Histories with Deb McGuire

Making Meaning by Ruth Singer

Jun 13, 202648:07Arts

Making Histories is a new mini-series of Making Meaning Podcast with special guest co-host Deb McGuire. Deb is a brilliant historian, specialising in emotional histories of quilting, but she's incredibly knowledgable abo...

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