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If You Could Invite Any Two Authors, Living or Dead, for Dinner

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Suppose you could invite any two authors, living or dead, to dinner. Who’s on your guest list and why? Deciding that question may say a lot about you. Martha’s choices: Sappho and Toni Morrison. Grant’s: Akhenaten and Ben Franklin. This is part of a complete episode.

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