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A Writer's Notebook

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essays, art, and inspiration from an American writer in Paris

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About Summer Brennan

Award-winning writer and Orion Book Award finalist. American in Paris. Books: THE OYSTER WAR; HIGH HEEL. Next: THE PARISIAN SPHINX, A TRUE TALE OF ART & OBSESSION. Leonard Cohen blew me a kiss one time.

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