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So Sad Today: Personal Essays

by Melissa Broder

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So Sad Today: Personal Essays by Melissa Broder appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, identity & culture, let’s talk about sex, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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