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Deborah Copperud is a Minneapolis-based writer and podcaster with work published in Glamour, Current Affairs, and HuffPost, among other publications. She hosts the <a href="http://readminnesotabooks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://readminnesotabooks.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1781801695279000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1zzDA1PL3LzCiUpmTtCwC4">Read Minnesota Books</a> podcast.

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