The Booktender
by Abra McAndrewThe Booktender
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Because reading alone is overrated. My minor obsessions curated as book lists, and what to read now from the Executive Director, Tucson Festival of Books🌵. All views my own.
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About Abra McAndrew
"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good."--Lee to Abra, in John Steinbeck's East of Eden. Executive Director, Tucson Festival of Books. Writer at The Booktender, a newsletter about literature. All views my own.
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