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The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

Episode 30—I read my Pushcart Prize-Nominated Essay "That Pickoff Play"

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Chautauqua Americana published my essay, "That Pickoff Play", earlier this year. The editors nominated it for a Pushcart Prize. I read that essay for this milestone episode of #CNF.

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