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The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell




The Partly Cloudy Patriot
by Sarah Vowell
Simon & Schuster; September 2002


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Description:

The Book Talk reader panel looks at Sarah Vowell's book of humorous essays titled The Partly Cloudy Patriot. Vowell muses on life as an American, including her thoughts on patriotism, celebrity, national identity and her own nerdiness.


Our panel:

Mike Chern
Becky Swanson
Vicki Davies
Rosemary McCarthy

Links for this book:
Salon.com
Yale Review

Also by this author:
Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World
by Sarah Vowell; April 2001

Radio on: A Listener's Diary
by Sarah Vowell; March 1998

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