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Sarah Vowell
Born
in Muskogee, Oklahoma, The United States
December 27, 1969
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Assassination Vacation
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published
2005
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24 editions
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The Partly Cloudy Patriot
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published
2002
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21 editions
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The Wordy Shipmates
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published
2008
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22 editions
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
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published
2015
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11 editions
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Take the Cannoli
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published
2000
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23 editions
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Unfamiliar Fishes
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published
2011
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17 editions
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules
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published
2005
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16 editions
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More Information Than You Require Adapted
by
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published
2008
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20 editions
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Radio On: A Listener's Diary
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published
1996
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10 editions
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THE WORDY SHIPMATES
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“Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.”
― The Partly Cloudy Patriot
― The Partly Cloudy Patriot
“We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.”
― Take the Cannoli
― Take the Cannoli
“Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when it occurred to me that to drink a mocha is to gulp down the entire history of the New World. From the Spanish exportation of Aztec cacao, and the Dutch invention of the chemical process for making cocoa, on down to the capitalist empire of Hershey, PA, and the lifestyle marketing of Seattle's Starbucks, the modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top.”
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Polls
In celebration of Sarah Vowell’s newest book, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, what is your favorite quirky outpost of American history to have received her wit and insight?
Sponsored by: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
By: Sarah Vowell
Sponsored by: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
By: Sarah Vowell
A road trip inspired by presidential assassinations
That swashbuckling teenage French aristocrat, the Marquis de Lafayette
Hawaii, the state where Manifest Destiny got a sunburn
Our surprisingly feisty Puritan ancestors
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