Fear & Political Polarization: Beth Macy + Palmyra

SongWriter by Ben Arthur

Dec 16, 202549:11Music

Journalist and bestselling author Beth Macy ( Dopesick ) reads a piece she wrote to accompany her new memoir Papergirl , about her family's struggle with opposing political views. She describes a slow process of reconnec...

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