The Best Consoler

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. David Bonagura joins the podcast to discuss his new book Jerome’s Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning.

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Image by Wikimedia Commons on GetArchive, licensed via Creative Commons. Image cropped. 

Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track.

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