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Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo On Magic & Miracles

APR 30, 202446 MIN
Fresh Air

Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo On Magic & Miracles

APR 30, 202446 MIN

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Leigh Bardugo is best known for her YA Shadow and Bone series. Her adult novel, The Familiar, centers on a young woman in 16th century Spain who must hide her identity as a Jew who converted to Catholicism. She spoke with producer Sam Briger.

Also, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead looks at a reissue of Sonny Rollins.

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