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Jaclyn Trop

Jaclyn Trop is a Los Ange­les-based free­lance reporter.
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Abi­gail Pogrebin
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Lila Corwin Berman
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Joel Dovev
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Say Nice Things About Detroit
Scott Lass­er
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The Inno­cents
Francesca Segal
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Hot Pink
Adam Levin
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Esther David
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Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilar­i­ous, Dis­turb­ing, Mar­velous, and Inspir­ing Things I Learned When I Read Every Sin­gle Word of the Bible
David Plotz
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Adam Schell
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Sweet Like Sugar
Wayne Hoff­man
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A Con­ver­sa­tion with Francesca Segal

Jaclyn Trop
July 10, 2012

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