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Episode 271: Brin-Jonathan Butler, 'The Passenger,' and 'Giving Up the Ghost' image

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Episode 271: Brin-Jonathan Butler, 'The Passenger,' and 'Giving Up the Ghost'

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Brin-Jonathan Butler's "Giving Up the Ghost" for Hazlitt is part memoir, part criticism, part mediation on suicide, part travelogue, but it's all Brin.

An incredible piece of writing. Settle in, CNFers.

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